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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ESMA Publishes Compliance Table on MiCA Crypto-Asset Transfer Guidelines
On 9 February 2026, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a Guidelines Compliance Table covering its guidelines on “the procedures and policies, including the rights of clients,” in the context of transfer services for crypto-assets under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), focused on investor protection.
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SEC Commissioner Uyeda Addresses Treasury Clearing Implementation
On February 9, 2026, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Commissioner Mark T. Uyeda delivered remarks at the Asset Management Derivatives Forum in Austin, Texas, discussing implementation of the Commission’s Treasury Clearing Rule and broader market structure developments.
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South Korea’s FSS Signals Review of Exchange Oversight After Bithumb Incident
South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) said it will examine oversight of virtual-asset exchanges following a promotional incident at Bithumb involving the temporary crediting of unintended digital-asset balances to users, according to Reuters.
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SEC Publishes New Data on ETFs, Fund Mergers and Market Participants
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has published new datasets and staff analyses examining developments across the U.S. investment fund landscape, including the growth of active exchange-traded funds, fee outcomes following fund mergers, and updated statistics covering several categories of regulated market participants.
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CFTC Reissues Staff No-Action Letter on Payment Stablecoins
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Market Participants Division has reissued Staff Letter 25-40, updating the definition of “payment stablecoin” under its no-action framework to expressly include stablecoins issued by national trust banks, the agency said.
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CFTC Withdraws Event Contracts Rule Proposal and Sports Advisory
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has withdrawn its proposed rulemaking on event contracts and rescinded a related staff advisory addressing sports-based event contracts, the agency said.
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CFTC Designates Xchange Alpha as U.S. Contract Market
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has designated Xchange Alpha LLC as a designated contract market, approving the firm to operate a federally regulated derivatives exchange under the Commodity Exchange Act.
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Bitwise Submits S-1 Registration for Uniswap ETF With SEC
Bitwise Asset Management has filed a Form S-1 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed Bitwise Uniswap ETF, according to a filing published on the SEC’s EDGAR system on February 5, 2026.
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Big U.S. Banks Boost Washington Lobbying as Regulatory Battles Intensify
Major U.S. banks increased their spending on lobbying in Washington by around 12% last year, as policy debates over financial regulation intensified across Congress and federal agencies, Reuters reported.
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Russia’s Sberbank Prepares Crypto-Backed Loans as Regulatory Talks Continue
Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, is preparing to issue corporate loans backed by cryptocurrency collateral and has signaled readiness to work with the Central Bank of Russia on regulatory frameworks for such lending, the bank’s spokesperson told Reuters.
