Legal & Compliance

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.

A field hearing in New York aims to push the CLARITY Act through the US Senate before the summer recess. Here is what is at stake.

The DOJ dropped its USD 722 million BitClub Ponzi case against Goettsche just before trial, after two Trump-linked lawyers intervened.

The US banking regulator OCC grants Circle National Trust final approval to operate as a federal trust bank for digital assets.

Germany’s federal cabinet plans to scrap the one-year Bitcoin holding period and tax private crypto gains at 26.375% regardless of duration.

India’s central bank keeps pushing for a crypto ban, while the tax authority flags billions in untaxed gains among 39 million investors.

An arbitrator awards Kraken parent Payward USD 22 million against Mazars, a consequence of the Operation Choke Point 2.0 banking campaign.

Trump’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve is stuck in a turf war between the Treasury and Commerce departments, while its legal basis is missing.

Seven Swiss crypto service providers hold a MiCA CASP authorization. AMINA was the world’s first; three followed via Liechtenstein.

The Clarity Act delay is intensifying: Galaxy Research cut the odds of a 2026 signing to 50%, while Polymarket now prices them at just 39%.

The FCA cuts the stablecoin capital requirement from 2 to 1 percent and publishes the UK’s first comprehensive crypto rulebook.