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October 4, 2026 @ 10:09 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Stablecoins, the GENIUS Act and the CLARITY Act “The Fed’s proposals show that stablecoins no longer need to wait for the broader market-structure fight to resolve. With the CLARITY Act stalled in the Senate, the GENIUS Act rulemaking is effectively making payment stablecoins the first… Read More

October 4, 2026 @ 4:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Former Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission and current Director of National Intelligence, Jay Clayton, will now lead the newly minted Super Intelligence Force (SIF). Clayton, a relative neophyte to the Byzantine machinations of Washington, D.C., when he took over the SEC during the… Read More

October 1, 2026 @ 2:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

A few months ago, Crowdfund Capital Advisors (CCA) submitted a petition to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to increase the Reg CF [Regulation Crowdfunding] funding cap from $5 million to $20 million. In general, industry insiders support the move, viewing it as more closely… Read More

October 1, 2026 @ 8:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Stablecoin rewards, or yield, are a contentious topic in the US and Europe. In the US, the battle is ongoing, but so far the legacy banking sector has the edge, as direct yield has been banned. The GENIUS Act, the US stablecoin law, bars permitted… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 1:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCHW) has announced the incorporation of artificial intelligence into its brokerage platform. According to a statement Schwab distributed, the investment platform has launched “Charley,” an AI assistant to support customers. Beginning in October, the service will roll out to eligible users in the… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 1:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted unanimously today to approve new pathways for individuals to qualify as an Accredited Investor, expanding opportunities to access private securities offerings. Broadly speaking, an Accredited Investor may participate in Reg D securities offerings. This exemption is used by… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 8:41 am By JD Alois  |  

The United Kingdom has launched regulated crypto activities. Previously, crypto firms operated under a mix of limited registrations and opaque rules as policymakers worked to update the regulatory regime. These firms now fall under the remit of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which issued… Read More

September 29, 2026 @ 9:15 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

With a unique but sensible approach to identity infrastructure, PaymentWorks is bringing B2B payments into the 21st century. CEO Thayer Stewart said it’s long past time B2B payments got the attention long reserved for their consumer brethren. With four decades in B2B payments, Stewart has… Read More

September 27, 2026 @ 8:40 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The CLARITY Act remains top of mind in the digital asset sector. The CLARITY Act “The larger issue is that the US still lacks a clear rule for when a digital asset is a security, when it is a commodity, and which regulator is responsible…. Read More

September 27, 2026 @ 12:34 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Private equity firms operating in Asia are increasingly deploying artificial intelligence (AI) to boost portfolio company earnings and secure exits, executives said on Tuesday, as the region’s deal-exit environment splits sharply between favored and lagging sectors. Speaking at DealStreetAsia’s Asia PE-VC Summit in Singapore, senior… Read More

September 25, 2026 @ 12:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has scheduled an open meeting next week to review several issues. Perhaps the most important for investors is a potential update to the definition of an Accredited Investor. In general, an Accredited Investor is someone who earns over $200,000… Read More

September 24, 2026 @ 6:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube, a leading online investment platform in the UK and Europe, says secondaries have quickly become a significant part of its business. According to a blog post, Crowdcube reports that £543 million in PISCES secondaries are in the pipeline. In total, including the PISCES listings,… Read More

September 23, 2026 @ 1:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Funding Portals, a new type of intermediary created by the JOBS Act of 2012, were established to facilitate online capital formation through Reg CF, or Regulation Crowdfunding. Reg CF allows a firm to issue or sell securities to anyone, raising up to $5 million in… Read More

September 22, 2026 @ 2:31 pm By Jeff Ramson  |  

For most of the last decade, the SPAC debate has been framed as SPACs versus IPOs, as if a company picks between two comparable routes to the public markets. The market is no longer organized that way: traditional equity capital markets have concentrated in larger,… Read More

September 20, 2026 @ 3:11 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

  Unsurprisingly, digital asset insiders were focused on the CLARITY Act this week. Not completely, however. Read on to find some interesting takes on several other topics. The CLARITY Act “The nation’s banks continue to support creating a strong, durable regulatory framework for digital assets… Read More

September 18, 2026 @ 11:16 am By JD Alois  |  

A seismic shift for global finance as the US regulator brings the $75 trillion plus US equity market into the digital age As the tokenization market is predicted to quickly top trillions of dollars in securities within a few years, global participants in the tokenization… Read More

September 18, 2026 @ 10:21 am By JD Alois  |  

CI has received dozens of comments about the US Senate’s failure to advance the CLARITY Act. The legislation would have protected consumers while enabling innovation with defined regulatory oversight. This common-sense approach was crushed by midterm politics and the Democratic Party’s refusal to give Republicans… Read More

September 17, 2026 @ 12:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

As expected, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has published its “Innovation Exemption” for tokenized or digital securities. The new rules will allow tokenized securities to trade on marketplaces or Tokenized Securities Venues (TSVs), each of which is a “TSV” under the definition of “exchange”… Read More

September 16, 2026 @ 9:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

A group of seven Democratic senators issued a statement declaring their support for the CLARITY Act after voting against the bill this week, effectively killing it for now. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand, Angela Alsobrooks, Cory Booker, Catherine Cortez Masto, Ruben Gallego, Mark Warner, and Raphael Warnock stated: “Democrats… Read More

September 15, 2026 @ 3:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

The cloture vote on the CLARITY Act failed in the Senate, as supporters fell short of the 60 votes needed to open debate on the legislation. The final tally was disappointing as several Republican senators, including Senators Hawley, Collins, and Moran, typically more supportive of… Read More