Politics, Legal & Regulation

August 6, 2026 @ 2:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

GUARDD, founded by Sherwood Neiss who is also the co-founder of Crowdfund Capital Advisors (CCA) and one of the authors of the JOBS Act which approved online capital formation, recently met with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to discuss secondary trading of tokenized exempt… Read More

August 6, 2026 @ 2:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission has added a new Financial Reporting and Accounting Unit to its Division of Enforcement that is described as working across the agency to make certain all divisions are aligned in enforcing securities laws and the SEC’s goals. Accounting and forensic… Read More

August 6, 2026 @ 9:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Russian President Vladimir Putin has formally approved legislation creating the nation’s first comprehensive rules governing the circulation of digital currencies and digital rights. The measure, signed on August 4, 2026, establishes clear operational standards for a range of market participants, including cryptocurrency exchanges, digital asset… Read More

August 6, 2026 @ 1:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tribal gaming regulators and members of Congress are pressing for specific language in the pending CLARITY Act to prevent prediction markets from offering sports and casino-style contracts outside existing state and tribal oversight. The call came during a Senate Committee on Indian Affairs roundtable held… Read More

August 5, 2026 @ 2:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Three men from St. Louis, Missouri, are facing federal charges in connection with an alleged scheme to seize Bitcoin through a planned residential break-in in Connecticut nearly two years earlier. US Attorney David X. Sullivan for the District of Connecticut announced that Sedric Louis, 32,… Read More

August 5, 2026 @ 12:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Senate is scheduled to go into recess at the end of business this Friday, leaving only a couple of days for the CLARITY Act to reach a floor vote. While a growing number of Americans hold crypto and there is an obvious need to… Read More

August 5, 2026 @ 9:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As the US Senate approaches its summer recess, attention remains fixed on the fate of the CLARITY Act, a major piece of digital asset market structure legislation. Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan has offered a measured perspective: while passage would represent the ideal outcome… Read More

August 5, 2026 @ 9:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Candidates supported by the cryptocurrency industry’s political action committee network advanced through key party primaries in Michigan and Washington on Tuesday, according to results reported by the Associated Press. Affiliates of Fairshake provided hundreds of thousands of dollars in independent expenditures to several of the… Read More

August 4, 2026 @ 10:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On August 3, 2026, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that it had filed and settled charges against UBS Financial Services Inc. (NYSE:UBS), a registered futures commission merchant. The action centered on the firm’s failure to properly oversee the setup and functioning of systems used… Read More

August 4, 2026 @ 3:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A Dubai-based cryptocurrency platform with ties to Iranian interests has been reported to have transferred substantial digital assets to Binance, raising questions about potential efforts to circumvent international financial restrictions. According to a detailed investigation, the unlicensed exchange known as Shelbit, operated by Iranian expatriate… Read More

August 4, 2026 @ 10:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ: HOOD) has achieved an important regulatory milestone in Britain. Its local subsidiary, Robinhood U.K. Ltd, was added to the Financial Conduct Authority’s register of cryptoasset firms effective 31 July 2026. This registration under the existing anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing rules allows… Read More

August 4, 2026 @ 3:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Hong Kong authorities have highlighted a major online romance fraud in which a middle-aged insurance professional lost more than HK$26 million (approximately US$3.3 million) after being drawn into a scheme centered on a bogus cryptocurrency trading application. According to police figures released via the force’s… Read More

August 3, 2026 @ 7:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

The California Confiscation tax, which is slated to be on the ballot this coming November, has gained the support of the California Democrat party. This past June, the “billionaire tax” earned sufficient signatures to move the issue to a ballot vote, evading the state legislature…. Read More

August 3, 2026 @ 12:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has formally granted a petition from CME Group seeking review of a prior staff decision that conditionally approved Nasdaq PHLX’s plans to list and trade cash-settled Bitcoin index options. As a result, the approval remains stayed while the… Read More

August 3, 2026 @ 11:22 am By JD Alois  |  

The US Senate is scheduled to convene at 3 PM today. The upper house of Congress will be in session this week, but the summer recess will kick in at the end of the week, with Senators not scheduled to return until September 14th. As… Read More

August 3, 2026 @ 4:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Authorities from the United States and a coalition of partner nations have issued a coordinated warning about the persistent dangers posed by skilled information technology specialists linked to North Korea. These individuals form an extensive network operating both inside the country and abroad, employing deceptive… Read More

August 3, 2026 @ 1:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent analysis from JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) has highlighted that the reduced likelihood of key US cryptocurrency market structure legislation advancing this year could exert downward pressure on the sector’s broader prospects. Analysts at the bank, led by managing director Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou, noted in a midweek… Read More

August 2, 2026 @ 9:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Former US Representative George Santos has agreed to pay more than $35,000 to resolve allegations by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) that he engaged in manipulative trading on the prediction market platform Kalshi. The case centered on event contracts concerning whether he would attend… Read More

August 2, 2026 @ 5:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Elliptic has pointed out that A7A5 emerged as a specialized digital asset designed to help Russian firms navigate international restrictions. Pegged to the ruble and launched in early 2025 by entities tied to sanctioned Russian interests, including a state-linked bank and a controversial figure with… Read More

August 2, 2026 @ 3:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on two Iranian companies central to what it describes as an illicit insurance program targeting commercial ships navigating the Strait of Hormuz. Announced on July 29, 2026, the designations target… Read More