Legal & Compliance

The SEC’s proposed crypto issuance rules would exempt offerings up to USD 5 million from federal registration for four years.

US prosecutors in Atlanta unsealed the Edward Zimbardi indictment over a USD 165 million crypto Ponzi days after Fiji deported him.

Bitpanda’s MiCA penalty of EUR 70,000 concerns only formal and notification rules, while its license and client funds remain untouched.

The OCC has conditionally approved a trust bank charter for World Liberty, allowing the Trump firm to issue the stablecoin USD1 itself in future.

Russian investigators obtained Binance client data on one user, which now underpins a terrorism charge over crypto donations to Ukraine.

The Clarity Act vote now falls on September 15, and Republicans need seven Democratic votes to clear the Senate cloture hurdle.

Since the MiCA transition period ended on July 1, phishing scams have impersonated ESMA or AMF and demanded crypto transfers to fake sites.

Wintermute’s US unit registered with the SEC as a broker-dealer, and the license opens crypto ETF settlement to the market maker.

The Senate has scheduled no cloture vote on the Clarity Act before the summer recess. Ethics and money laundering concerns remain unresolved.

Robinhood’s FCA registration gives its British subsidiary a head start on the new UK crypto licensing regime taking effect in autumn 2027.

The 21st EU sanctions package against Russia bars EU citizens from all transactions with HTX and 17 further crypto service providers.

The 21st EU sanctions package hits Russia and can now block the crypto services of entire third countries for the first time.

Kazakhstan’s crypto tax exemption by presidential decree makes all trading income on licensed, regulated platforms completely tax-free.

Trump agrees to ethics clause in the Clarity Act: It prohibits public officials from issuing crypto and assigns enforcement to the DOJ.

Trump meets Republican senators to resolve the Clarity Act ethics clause, the last hurdle before a possible Senate vote on the crypto bill.

An arbitrator dismissed Heka Funds’ USD 49 million claim against Circle, ending the Tether-linked fund’s dispute over its 2023 suspension.