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 Sets Regulatory Expectations for 24/7 Trading and Clearing Operations
WASHINGTON, May 29, 2026 — Staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Clearing and Risk, Division of Market Oversight, and Market Participants Division issued an advisory outlining regulatory expectations for designated contract markets, swap execution facilities, derivatives clearing organizations, and futures commission merchants seeking to extend trading and clearing operations to a 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week basis.
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CFTC Concludes Gemini Enforcement Complaint Should Not Have Been Filed
WASHINGTON, May 27, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Wednesday it joined Gemini Trust Company LLC in a motion for relief from judgment in a long-running enforcement case, concluding after an internal review that the agency’s original complaint “should not have been filed” under current enforcement standards.
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CFTC Charges Google Employee in Polymarket Insider Trading Case
WASHINGTON, May 27, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Wednesday it filed a civil enforcement action against a Google employee accused of using confidential internal search-trend data to trade event contracts on prediction-market platform Polymarket, in a case that adds to U.S. regulatory scrutiny of blockchain-based event markets.
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Singapore Revokes Bsquared Payment Institution Licence After Compliance Failures
SINGAPORE, May 20, 2026 — The Monetary Authority of Singapore revoked the Major Payment Institution licence of Bsquared Technology Pte. Ltd. with effect from May 14, prohibiting the company from providing digital payment token services in Singapore under the Payment Services Act 2019.
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Hong Kong SFC Revises Rules for Funds With Virtual Asset Exposure
HONG KONG, May 27, 2026 — Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission revised its requirements for SFC-authorised investment funds with virtual asset exposure, setting out the conditions under which funds with virtual asset exposure exceeding 10% of net asset value may be offered to the public in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong Concludes Consultation on Virtual Asset Advisory and Management Regimes
HONG KONG, May 26, 2026 — Hong Kong’s Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau and the Securities and Futures Commission said Tuesday they had concluded a consultation on proposed regulatory regimes for virtual asset advisory and management service providers, as Hong Kong continues developing its regulatory framework for digital-asset financial services.
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UK Sanctions Huobi Global, EXMO in Russia-Linked Crypto Crackdown
LONDON, May 26, 2026 — The UK government added 18 individuals and entities to its Russia sanctions list on Tuesday, including crypto firms Huobi Global S.A., EXMO Exchange Limited, Bitpapa IC FZC LLC and several entities linked to digital-asset payment infrastructure.
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Indonesia Blocks Polymarket as Authorities Classify Prediction Markets as Online Gambling
JAKARTA, May 22, 2026 — Indonesia’s Communication and Digital Affairs Ministry said it had blocked access to prediction-market platform Polymarket after classifying the service as a form of online gambling under Indonesian law.
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SEC Proposes Broad Registered Offering and Public Company Reporting Reforms
WASHINGTON, May 19, 2026 — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday proposed sweeping amendments to the rules governing registered securities offerings and public-company reporting requirements, in what the agency described as a major effort to modernize the U.S. public capital markets framework and reduce regulatory burdens on issuers.
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CFTC Issues New Enforcement Cooperation and Declination Framework
WASHINGTON, May 19, 2026 — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Tuesday issued a new enforcement cooperation policy establishing formal standards for voluntary self-reporting, cooperation credit, remediation and potential declinations in enforcement matters.
