Regulation
Timely, impact-focused reporting on global crypto laws, enforcement actions, and policy shifts — helping traders and investors understand how new rules shape markets and digital assets.
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CFTC Staff Issues FAQs on Crypto Asset Treatment in Derivatives Markets
WASHINGTON, March 20 — Staff of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued responses to frequently asked questions clarifying how existing regulatory frameworks apply to crypto asset and blockchain-related activities by registrants and registered entities.
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SEC Chair Says Crypto Guidance Is “Beginning, Not an End”
WASHINGTON, March 19 — U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul S. Atkins said Thursday in prepared remarks that the agency’s newly issued crypto-asset interpretation represents “a beginning, not an end.” Speaking at the SEC Speaks conference in Washington, Atkins outlined a regulatory framework centered on advancing, clarifying and transforming existing rules, including the Commission’s approach to digital assets. “At the core of our efforts,” Atkins said, “every rule that we propose, every interpretation that we release, and every institutional reform that we undertake” will align with a three-part strategy focused on updating rules, clarifying regulatory scope and reducing unnecessary burdens.
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CFTC Joins SEC Interpretation Clarifying Treatment of Crypto Assets
WASHINGTON, March 17 — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Tuesday, in a press release, that it joined an interpretation issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission clarifying how federal securities laws apply to certain crypto assets and transactions involving crypto assets.
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SEC Issues Interpretation on Application of Federal Securities Laws to Crypto Assets
WASHINGTON, March 18 — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued an interpretation explaining how federal securities laws apply to certain crypto assets and transactions involving crypto assets.
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CFTC Staff Issues No-Action Position to Phantom on Self-Custodial Wallet Software
WASHINGTON, March 17 — Staff at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said Tuesday they would not recommend enforcement action against Phantom Technologies Inc., a developer of self-custodial crypto asset wallet software, in connection with the company’s proposed provision and marketing of software designed to facilitate derivatives trading through registered intermediaries and trading venues, according to a CFTC press release.
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SEC’s Peirce Says Staff Exploring Innovation Exemption for Tokenized Securities
WASHINGTON, March 14 — Hester M. Peirce said March 12 that staff at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are working on an innovation exemption intended to facilitate limited trading of certain tokenized securities.
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CFTC Seeks Public Comment on Prediction Markets Rulemaking
WASHINGTON, March 14 — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced March 12 that it is seeking public comment on whether new regulations or amendments may be needed to govern event contracts traded on prediction markets.
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EU’s Largest Economies Back Centralised Capital Markets Supervision
BRUSSELS, March 12 — The European Union’s six largest economies have backed plans to centralise supervision of capital markets across the bloc, including oversight of crypto-asset service providers, according to a letter from finance ministers seen by Reuters.
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SEC and CFTC Sign MOU to Coordinate Oversight Including Crypto Assets
WASHINGTON, March 11 — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Wednesday they had entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to guide coordination and collaboration between the two agencies and support lawful innovation, market integrity, and investor and customer protection.
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UK FCA to Publish Crypto Rules This Summer With Licensing Gateway in September
LONDON, March 10 — The UK Financial Conduct Authority plans to publish final rules governing cryptoasset firms this summer, with a regulatory licensing gateway expected to open in September, according to remarks delivered Tuesday by FCA Executive Director for Payments and Digital Finance David Geale at the MoneyLIVE Summit 2026 in London.
