Regulators, courts and lawmakers shaping digital assets.
Interviews with senior executives and legal experts suggest broad agreement that regulation will keep moving. Their expectations diverge over whether agency action can become a durable foundation or leave businesses adapting to rules vulnerable to political and legal change
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has fully embraced a role as the federal regulator of prediction markets and the event contracts they trade in, generally binary yes-or-no bets on the outcome of measurable situations, such as sporting events and elections. To that end, the CFTC has embarked on a campaign to regulate prediction markets such as Kalshi and defend against legal pushback from states insisting…
In the first half of 2026, the sector's paid advocates swarmed Capitol Hill as the U.S. Senate worked on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. About half of those registered lobbyists work as direct crypto firm employees and the rest came from outside shops or the industry's trade associations. That expensive army has so far failed to accomplish its mission
Then, in “Ask an Expert,” Leo Mindyuk of ML Tech on what a client owns when they buy a tokenized stock
The proposal "would provide a clear regulatory framework for the custody of crypto assets, giving investment advisers and funds a compliant pathway where none existed before — and replacing the grey of uncertainty created by custody rules crafted for a bygone era,” said SEC Chairman Paul Atkins in a statement
For more than eight years, Commissioner Peirce served as a principled voice at the Commission. Under the previous SEC Chairman, she frequently dissented when the Commission chose to bring enforcement actions rather than write rules the industry could comply with. She proposed a token safe harbor years before regulators were ready to listen. She led the Crypto Task Force and insisted that the agency’s duty to protect…
That AI czar job seems to have a decidedly different remit than what David Sacks had when he served Trump as the combined crypto and AI czar. If Clayton gets the new job, it'll focus on the administration's AI Force to oversee the rapidly growing domestic industry. However, it's unclear what the task might entail as the president counters those who have sounded alarms over the safety issues posed by increasingly…
The Independent Community Bankers of America filed a lawsuit against the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in federal court on Friday, saying the agency is pushing "sweeping new powers to charter national trust banks that are not authorized by the National Bank Act," and they're letting these companies into the U.S. banking system without subjecting them to the same level of regulatory oversight that…
For most investors, building a portfolio still means either buying a collection of stocks, bonds and funds themselves or handing the job to an asset manager
The Senate recently failed to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, also known as the Clarity Act, and with the midterms around the corner, there is no realistic path to reviving it before the end of the year
The London-based payments infrastructure company is in the final stages of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s review of its proposed merger with Titan Acquisition Corp., Dimitrova said
The crypto industry had waited years for Congress to deliver what it has long wanted: a lasting U.S. rulebook for digital assets that would clarify which digital assets fall under the oversight of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
That question is becoming more pressing across the industry as crypto moves closer to mainstream finance. Asset managers have tokenized funds, exchanges are expanding into lending, payments and other financial services and blockchain networks are courting institutions. The challenge is no longer just proving these products can be built, but figuring out what will make consumers and institutions choose to use them
The midterm election is on Nov. 3, 2026. As of Friday, Oct. 2, 2026, polls suggest that Democrats will flip the U.S. House of Representatives, while the Senate is a tossup
The candidates tend to be safe bets to return to Congress, potentially further reinforcing the existing support for crypto policies in Congress. Atop all those names, six of them are getting a million dollars each in support from Fairshake and its affiliates, according to a spokesman for the super PAC
The October 2 court order required a written board demand in this action, without deciding whether directors committed misconduct
Prediction markets are flashing warning signs for the cryptocurrency industry ahead of the Nov. 3 midterms. Polymarket gives Democrats a 62% chance of sweeping both chambers of Congress, while Kalshi puts the odds at 61%. Such an outcome could complicate efforts to revive the CLARITY Act and reshape Washington’s cryptocurrency regulations
Credit unions involved with stablecoins could face 26 new federal reporting fields covering custody, issuer exposure, and their own holdings. The proposal seeks more detailed supervision as community institutions explore digital dollar services
Reviewed by Reviewed by Jibin Mathew George Updated 20:00 EDT October 9, 2026 Share Share Share Back to Top The CLARITY Act’s failure to pass the Senate has disappointed the crypto market a lot and killed the hopes of many looking forward to the bill’s passage
Blockchain.com has reportedly applied to the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for approval of prediction market offerings and crypto derivatives
France’s National Assembly Finance Committee approved proposals this week to tax swaps into fiat-pegged stablecoins and extend the country’s exit tax to crypto investors
An estimated 33 million Americans without crypto holdings are likely to buy this year, a new survey indicates. Their demographic profile could widen the market’s reach, while education and trust remain barriers to ownership
Video streaming platform Netflix released a trailer for its eight-episode series about the lead-up to the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, centered on former CEO Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried and his colleague and girlfriend, Caroline Ellison, who headed the company’s sister arm, Alameda Research
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