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LONDON, February 24, 2026 — The chair of the UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy has called for an urgent temporary ban on political donations made in cryptocurrency, citing concerns about foreign interference in British elections, according to a report by The Guardian.
SINGAPORE, February 28, 2026 — Binance Chief Executive Officer Richard Teng said the company has sent a letter demanding immediate corrections and a full retraction of a Feb. 23 report by The Wall Street Journal that alleged internal investigators flagged more than $1 billion in cryptocurrency transactions linked to sanctioned Iranian entities and were later dismissed.
WASHINGTON, February 25, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said its Division of Enforcement has issued an advisory following the public release of two enforcement matters involving misuse of nonpublic information and fraud in prediction markets, also known as event contracts, traded on KalshiEX, a Designated Contract Market.
PARIS, February 24, 2026 — The European Securities and Markets Authority said in a press release that derivatives marketed as “perpetual futures” or “perpetual contracts” are likely to fall within the scope of national product intervention measures on contracts for differences (CFDs) where they meet the applicable definition.
PARIS, February 25, 2026 — The European Banking Authority and the European Securities and Markets Authority launched a joint consultation on revised guidelines for assessing the suitability of members of the management body and key function holders at banks and investment firms across the European Union.
WASHINGTON, February 24, 2026 — The Division of Enforcement of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced significant updates to its Enforcement Manual, marking the first major revision since 2017, the agency said in Release No. 2026-20.
WASHINGTON, February 23, 2026 — The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has conditionally approved an application by Crypto.com to charter Foris Dax National Trust Bank, doing business as Crypto.com National Trust Bank, the company said.
WASHINGTON, February 18, 2026 — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed amendments to Form N-PORT, the reporting form used by most registered investment companies to disclose portfolio-related information to the Commission.
WASHINGTON, February 19, 2026 — Staff of the Division of Trading and Markets at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued a frequently asked question addressing the treatment of payment stablecoins under the broker-dealer net capital rule, Exchange Act Rule 15c3-1, according to a Feb. 19 statement by Hester M.
DENVER, Feb. 18, 2026 — Paul S. Atkins outlined potential regulatory initiatives for digital assets, including an innovation exemption for tokenized securities and custody rulemaking for non-security crypto assets, during remarks delivered with Hester M.
