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.
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.
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.
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.
WASHINGTON, May 12, 2026 — Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Michael S. Selig said the agency is working with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to further align oversight, rulemaking and enforcement efforts across increasingly interconnected securities and derivatives markets, including the digital asset sector, according to remarks published Tuesday by the CFTC.
JOHANNESBURG, April 27, 2026 — South Africa has proposed a broad overhaul of its exchange-control framework that would bring crypto assets formally into the country’s framework for managing cross-border capital flows, as the government seeks to modernize decades-old restrictions and strengthen its position as a financial hub for Africa, according to Reuters.
WASHINGTON, April 13, 2026 — The staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Trading and Markets said certain providers of user interfaces used to prepare transactions in crypto asset securities could create, offer, or operate those interfaces without registering as broker-dealers, provided they satisfy a detailed set of conditions.
WASHINGTON, April 10, 2026 — Approval of a Federal Reserve master account for Kraken has drawn scrutiny from lawmakers and banking sector participants over transparency and potential risks to the U.S. financial system, according to Reuters.
WASHINGTON, April 7, 2026 — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said it made a “necessary course correction” in its approach to enforcing federal securities laws as they apply to crypto assets, as it released its fiscal year 2025 enforcement results on Tuesday, according to a press release.
Cryptocurrency transactions linked to the procurement of low-cost military drones are providing insight into procurement activity and transaction flows, according to research published by Chainalysis, highlighting how blockchain analytics can be used to trace procurement-related activity.
