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CFTC Staff Letter 26-05 addressing digital assets as margin collateral

CFTC Staff Reissues No-Action Letter Addressing Use of Certain Digital Assets as Margin Collateral

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Alexander Covtun
February 16, 2026 98

WASHINGTON, February 6, 2026 — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Market Participants Division issued Staff Letter No. 26-05, a no-action position stating that staff will not recommend enforcement action regarding futures commission merchants that accept certain non-security digital assets, including qualifying payment stablecoins, as customer margin collateral and take those assets into account for undermargined determinations and segregation calculations, or deposit the FCM’s own payment stablecoins as residual interest, subject to specified conditions.

EBA Supervisory Opinion Document

EBA Issues Opinion on End of No-Action Letter Transition Period Under MiCA–PSD2 Framework

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Alexander Covtun
February 14, 2026 117

PARIS, February 12, 2026 — The European Banking Authority (EBA) published an Opinion on the end of the No-Action Letter transition period, advising national competent authorities on supervisory actions as the transition period under its No-Action Letter concerning the interaction between the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) and the Revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) concludes.

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SEC Chair Discusses Digital-Asset Oversight and CAT in Senate Banking Committee Testimony

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Alexander Covtun
February 12, 2026 107

WASHINGTON, February 12, 2026 — Paul S. Atkins, Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, delivered testimony Thursday before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, outlining the agency’s regulatory priorities, including matters concerning digital assets and the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT), according to prepared remarks released by the Commission.

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SEC Chair Testifies Before House Financial Services Committee

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Alexander Covtun
February 11, 2026 103

WASHINGTON, February 11, 2026 — Paul S. Atkins, Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, testified before the House Financial Services Committee, outlining the agency’s regulatory priorities and its approach to digital asset oversight, according to prepared remarks released by the Commission.

ESMA MiCA compliance table on crypto-asset transfer guidelines under EU Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation.

ESMA Publishes Compliance Table on MiCA Crypto-Asset Transfer Guidelines

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Alexander Covtun
February 10, 2026 75

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.