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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CFTC Orders George Santos to Pay $35,000 Over Manipulative Event Contract Trading
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.
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EU Adds HTX to Russia Sanctions Regulation Under New Crypto Transaction Restrictions
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.
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CFTC Staff Advises Exchanges Against Broad Template Certifications for Event Contracts
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).
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CFTC Stays Kalshi Emergency Rule, Orders Exchange to Honor Michigan Trades
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.
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Japan Expands Crypto and Stablecoin Travel Rule to Five More Jurisdictions
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.
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CFTC Charges Commodity Pool Operator in Alleged $14.8 Million Fraud Involving Crypto Assets
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.
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Bank of England Flags Next Step in UK Systemic Stablecoin Oversight
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.
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FCA Publishes Landmark AI Review on the Future of Retail Financial Services by 2030 and Beyond
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.
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ESMA Reports Early Shift Toward EU CCPs Under EMIR 3, but Tier 2 CCPs Remain Dominant
PARIS, July 6, 2026 — The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has reported preliminary evidence that the European Union's Active Account Requirement (AAR) under EMIR 3 is beginning to shift derivatives clearing activity toward EU-based central counterparties (CCPs), although systemically important third-country CCPs continue to dominate the market and the regulator says it is too early to draw definitive conclusions.
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ESMA Reminds Firms That Certain Event Contracts Are Subject to EU Binary Options Rules
PARIS, July 3, 2026 — The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has reminded firms offering prediction markets, also known as event contracts, to assess whether their products fall within existing national product intervention measures on binary options where they qualify as financial instruments, as the growing popularity of such products and increasing retail participation draw greater regulatory attention.
