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 Chair Discusses Digital-Asset Oversight and CAT in Senate Banking Committee Testimony
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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Hong Kong SFC Publishes Framework for Perpetual Contracts at Licensed VATPs
HONG KONG, February 11, 2026 — The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) published a high-level framework setting out regulatory expectations for licensed virtual asset trading platforms (VATPs) that wish to offer virtual asset perpetual contracts, according to an announcement published by the SFC.
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SEC Chair Testifies Before House Financial Services Committee
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.
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ESMA Publishes ESMA–RBI MoU on Cooperation for Recognition of Central Counterparties
On 10 February 2026, the European Securities and Markets Authority published the text of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Reserve Bank of India and ESMA concerning cooperation and the exchange of information for the recognition of central counterparties (CCPs).
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ESMA Publishes Compliance Table on MiCA Reverse Solicitation Guidelines
On 9 February 2026, the European Securities and Markets Authority published a compliance table relating to its guidelines on reverse solicitation under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA).
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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.
