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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SEC’s Peirce Says Staff Exploring Innovation Exemption for Tokenized Securities
WASHINGTON, March 12, 2026 — 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 12, 2026 — 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, 2026 — 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, 2026 — 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, 2026 — 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.
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Grayscale Bittensor Trust Switches NAV Benchmark to CoinDesk Rate
NEW YORK, March 4, 2026 — Grayscale Investments-sponsored Grayscale Bittensor Trust said it will begin calculating the trust’s net asset value using the CoinDesk Bittensor Benchmark Rate, replacing the Coin Metrics Real-Time Rate for Bittensor, according to a Form 8-K filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reporting an event dated March 4, 2026.
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U.S. Crypto Market Structure Bill Faces Impasse as Banks Reject Stablecoin Reward Proposal
WASHINGTON, March 5, 2026 — Negotiations over landmark U.S. cryptocurrency legislation have stalled after banks said they cannot support a White House-backed compromise on stablecoin rewards, raising uncertainty over whether Congress will pass a crypto market structure bill this year, according to a Reuters report.
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SEC Investor Advisory Committee to Consider Recommendations on Tokenized Equity Securities
WASHINGTON, March 5, 2026 — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday that its Investor Advisory Committee will meet March 12 to consider and vote on recommendations regarding the tokenization of equity securities, according to an announcement issued by the agency.
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U.S., UK Regulators Split on Tokenized Securities Testing
WASHINGTON / LONDON, March 4, 2026 — U.S. and U.K. regulators are divided over how to test blockchain-based versions of traditional financial securities, according to a Reuters report citing people familiar with the discussions within a transatlantic digital-asset cooperation initiative.
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CFTC Appoints David I. Miller as Director of Enforcement
WASHINGTON, March 2, 2026 — Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Michael S. Selig said former federal prosecutor David I.
