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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ESMA Calls on Unauthorised CASPs to Wind Down as MiCA Transition Ends
PARIS, June 23, 2026 — The European Securities and Markets Authority has called on unauthorised crypto-asset service providers to immediately begin winding down their European Union activities in an orderly manner ahead of the end of the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) transitional period on July 1, while taking steps to safeguard clients' interests and mitigate risks to market integrity.
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CFTC, SEC Seek Public Comment on Portfolio Margining Frameworks
WASHINGTON, June 26, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission have issued a joint request for public comment on potential approaches to further harmonize regulatory frameworks applicable to portfolio margining across securities, security-based swaps, futures, swaps and related positions.
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CFTC Proposes Permanent Reporting Framework for Certain Event Contracts
WASHINGTON, June 25, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has proposed a new reporting framework for certain fully collateralized event contracts, seeking to replace a reporting system that has relied on staff no-action letters since 2017 with formal Commission regulations.
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CFTC Sues Kentucky Over State Effort to Restrict Prediction Markets
WASHINGTON, June 23, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice have filed a lawsuit against Kentucky, seeking to block the state's efforts to apply state laws to federally regulated prediction markets and event contracts.
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CFTC Opens Consultation on 24/7 Trading and Perpetual Contracts for Energy Commodities
WASHINGTON, June 22, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued a request for public comment on the extension of standard futures contracts to 24/7 trading and on the potential listing of perpetual contracts referencing physically delivered or storable energy commodities, including crude oil.
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Bank of England Issues Policy Statement and Draft Rules for Systemic Stablecoins
LONDON, June 22, 2026 — The Bank of England issued a policy statement and draft rules for systemic stablecoin issuers, outlining key elements of the United Kingdom's proposed framework for systemic stablecoins.
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CFTC, SEC Seek Public Comment on Derivatives Product Definitions
WASHINGTON, June 18, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission have issued a joint request for public comment on potential ways to further update, clarify and harmonize certain derivatives product definitions and address interpretive questions involving emerging products and alternative compliance frameworks.
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CFTC Resolves Enforcement Case Against Celsius Founder Alexander Mashinsky
WASHINGTON, June 18, 2026 — Former Celsius Network CEO Alexander Mashinsky admitted violating anti-fraud provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act as part of a consent order entered by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, resolving the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's 2023 enforcement action against him and imposing a permanent ban from participating in CFTC-regulated markets.
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CFTC Seeks Input on Rules Affecting Fintech Firms, DeFi Applications
WASHINGTON, June 16, 2026 — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission launched a review of its regulatory framework for fintech firms, seeking public input on regulations, guidance, orders, no-action letters, and other items that may hinder partnerships between fintech firms and CFTC-regulated entities or could be updated to streamline registration and authorization processes in a Request for Information.
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CFTC Opens Path to True Perpetual Futures for Coinbase and Bitnomial
WASHINGTON, June 12, 2026 — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Division of Market Oversight issued a no-action letter allowing designated contract markets to convert existing perpetual-style digital commodity futures contracts into true digital commodity perpetual futures by removing their expiration dates, subject to specified conditions.
