Year: 2026

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins said the regulator is prepared to write crypto market rules if Congress fails to pass the CLARITY Act, offering an agency-led fallback…

Telegram has faced legal action in Australia after the country’s online safety regulator accused the messaging platform of failing to remove terrorist and extremist content despite repeated notices. Summary Australia’s…

Binance.US has moved closer to entering the U.S. prediction market business after confirming plans to seek a federal license that would let it offer regulated event contracts to retail customers.…

BitGo detailed four quantum-risk management controls for institutional Bitcoin wallets in a July 22 product announcement, aiming to measure and reduce public-key exposure before quantum attacks become practical. Summary Four…

South Korea should introduce interim stablecoin licensing guidance before lawmakers complete the wider Digital Asset Basic Act. Summary South Korea’s report urges stablecoin licensing guidance before lawmakers complete the Digital…

The U.S. Treasury sanctioned two Iranian maritime insurance companies on July 29, alleging that they supported an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-linked system for collecting revenue from vessels using the Strait…

Crypto exchange Luno is cutting about 20% of its global workforce as part of a restructuring confirmed on July 28 by Chief Executive James Lanigan.  Summary Luno is cutting 20%…

Japanese game developer Gumi will begin operating a roughly ¥3 billion crypto asset fund with SBI Financial Services on Aug.  Summary ¥3 billion fund begins operations August 1, targeting Bitcoin,…

The Ethereum Foundation appointed Pascal Caversaccio, known as pcaversaccio, to its board on July 29 for an initial one-year voluntary term. Summary One-year voluntary appointment places Pascal Caversaccio on the…

The American Arbitration Association launched a specialist Web3 Panel on July 29, creating a roster of arbitrators for disputes involving blockchain systems, smart contracts, digital assets, tokenization and autonomous transactions.…