SINGAPORE, February 28, 2026 — Binance Chief Executive Officer Richard Teng said the company has sent a letter demanding immediate corrections and a full retraction of a Feb. 23 report by The Wall Street Journal that alleged internal investigators flagged more than $1 billion in cryptocurrency transactions linked to sanctioned Iranian entities and were later dismissed.
LONDON, February 13, 2026 — The UK Financial Conduct Authority published a consultation setting out proposed rules and guidance for a framework covering cryptoasset admissions, disclosures and a market abuse regime, with responses requested by Feb. 12, 2026, according to Consultation Paper CP25/41.
WASHINGTON, February 13, 2026 — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance said it is preparing recommendations relating to crypto assets, including interpretive guidance and a possible rule proposal addressing securities treatment, according to a statement published Friday by Division Director James Moloney.
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.
Indian authorities have begun engaging with major cryptocurrency exchanges to monitor evolving trading activity and assess oversight needs as digital asset markets continue to develop, according to a senior tax official, Reuters reported.
The European Union’s Anti-Money Laundering Authority is preparing to assume full supervisory powers by 2028, according to its official 2026–2028 programming documents, as the bloc advances plans for centralized oversight of high-risk financial institutions, including those linked to crypto-asset activity.
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published guidelines setting criteria for the assessment of knowledge and competence under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA).
Senior leaders of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) this week discussed closer coordination on digital asset regulation during a joint public event focused on harmonizing oversight of crypto markets.
Standard Chartered has warned that accelerating stablecoin adoption could put as much as $500 billion of U.S. bank deposits at risk by the end of 2028, as payment activity and other core banking functions increasingly shift toward dollar-pegged digital tokens, according to Reuters.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has published a response letter addressing a January 9 submission from Ripple related to digital asset market structure.
