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SAN SALVADOR, July 31, 2026 — Tether has published its second-quarter 2026 attestation, reporting $4.11 billion in excess reserves as of June 30 alongside approximately $184.6 billion in USD₮ (USDT) issued.
WASHINGTON, July 31, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has ordered former U.S. Congressman George Anthony Devolder Santos to disgorge $17,569.98 in profits and pay a $17,500 civil monetary penalty after the agency found that he engaged in manipulative conduct in connection with trading a Kalshi event contract tied to his attendance at the 2026 State of the Union.
BRUSSELS, July 23, 2026 — The European Union has added HTX (HUOBI GLOBAL SA) to Part A of Annex XLV of its Russia sanctions regulation, identifying the crypto-asset service provider as an entity established outside the European Union that the Council says significantly frustrates the purpose of the prohibitions set out in Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 and Regulation (EU) No 269/2014.
WASHINGTON, July 24, 2026 — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Market Oversight (DMO) issued an advisory Friday reminding designated contract markets (DCMs) that Broad Template Certifications for event contracts should not be submitted under Commission Regulation 40.2(a).
July 23, 2026 — Crypto derivatives platform BitMEX announced Thursday that it will close the BitMEX Exchange on September 23, 2026, at 04:00 UTC following a strategic review of the business and the broader cryptocurrency industry.
WASHINGTON, July 14, 2026 — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has stayed an emergency rule filed by KalshiEX LLC that would have resulted in the forced liquidation of certain previously executed event-contract positions involving Michigan residents.
TOKYO, July 7, 2026 — Japan’s Financial Services Agency has finalized an amendment adding five jurisdictions to the scope of the country’s Travel Rule requirements for cryptoasset and stablecoin transfers, increasing the total number covered from 58 to 63.
WASHINGTON, July 7, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has filed a federal complaint against Trevor L. Vernon and Argent Capital Management LLC, alleging they fraudulently solicited and accepted at least $14.8 million from more than 60 participants into a commodity pool that traded equity index futures, options on equity index futures and crypto assets.
LONDON, July 7, 2026 — The Bank of England’s Financial Policy Committee (FPC) has welcomed the central bank’s recently published framework for systemic sterling-denominated stablecoins, saying the regime is designed to support innovation while maintaining financial stability.
LONDON, July 6, 2026 — The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published an AI review examining how artificial intelligence could reshape retail financial services by 2030 and beyond, concluding that AI is likely to become a defining force across the sector while setting out seven recommendations for the FCA Board and Executive to prepare the UK’s regulatory framework for increasingly autonomous AI-enabled financial services.
