Regulation & Policy

According to the US Senate Banking Committee, the committee is scheduled to vote on the revised CLARITY Act on May 14. The updated 309-page draft, which has been under preparation since January, addresses previous concerns from cryptocurrency companies regarding decentralized finance protections

According to Decrypt, U.S. senators filed dozens of amendments to the Clarity Act ahead of Thursday's key Senate Banking Committee vote, targeting stablecoin rewards, DeFi regulation, and Trump family crypto ventures. Proposed amendments from both parties address anti-money laundering rules,

According to a Nevada Gaming Control Board spokesperson, the regulator did not pressure prediction market firm Predict 2026 to move its conference from Las Vegas to New York, despite the company's claim that it relocated due to regulatory pressure from the board. The spokesperson stated that

CFTC Chairman Michael Selig stated recently on the Market Disruptors Podcast that the likelihood of the United States banning Bitcoin is now very low, citing private property rights as a fundamental American principle that should protect personal crypto assets. Selig added that the White House is a

According to Foresight News, CFTC Chair Mike Selig stated in a recent statement that the agency's Innovation Working Group is working to ensure companies developing next-generation blockchain technologies, artificial intelligence, and prediction markets have sufficient incentives to innovate in the

The U.S. Senate Banking Committee is scheduled to vote on the CLARITY Act, a comprehensive digital asset regulation bill, on December 14 (U.S. Eastern time: December 14, 10:30 AM), according to the article. The committee released the full draft bill text on December 12, revealing the addition of

The UK's parliamentary standards commissioner has launched an inquiry into whether Nigel Farage breached the House of Commons Code of Conduct by failing to declare £5 million ($6.8 million) received from Christopher Harborne, a Thailand-based British cryptocurrency investor. Farage accepted the

According to CoinDesk, on May 13, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson criticized Section 604 of the CLARITY Act, stating that the provision could expose open-source developers to long-term legal liability for misuse of their code by others. Hoskinson warned that developers publishing open-source

The Senate Banking Committee is scheduled to begin markup of the CLARITY Act on Thursday (May 15) at 10:30 a.m. EST, with more than 100 amendments filed by lawmakers. According to crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett, Senator Elizabeth Warren submitted more than 40 amendments, including one that

According to BlockBeats, the U.S. Senate Banking Committee will hold a committee review of the CLARITY Act (Cryptocurrency Regulation and Market Structures Act) on May 14 at 10:30 AM ET. If approved, the bill will advance to a full Senate

According to journalist Eleanor Terrett, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer attended a meeting with Democratic senators yesterday, signaling support for a "yes" vote on the Clarity Act cryptocurrency regulation legislation. However, sources indicated that Schumer said more progress was needed in e

According to ChainCatcher, digital asset trading platform Websea has reached a strategic investment agreement and will resume withdrawals on May 18 at 16:00 UTC+8, with detailed withdrawal arrangements to be disclosed. The strategic investment comes from a Middle East family fund, with both

According to Cointelegraph, Vietnam's deputy finance minister stated on May 13 that the country may formally launch a crypto asset market in the third quarter of 2026.

Australia plans to replace the 50% capital gains tax discount with inflation-based indexation and introduce a 30% minimum tax on capital gains from 2027. Under current rules, Australian residents can reduce capital gains by half if assets are held for at least 12 months. The proposed shift to inflat

An anonymous campaign staffer told NPR earlier this month that they and colleagues routinely placed Polymarket bets on internal polling data before public release, generating thousands of dollars per cycle. The admission marks the third Polymarket-specific insider trading pattern documented by NPR i

According to Cointelegraph citing Politico on May 13, members of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee have submitted more than 100 amendments to a crypto bill that will be considered on Thursday. A draft copy obtained by Politico shows that Coinbase, Kraken, and Gemini had urged lawmakers to repeal a clause in the bill requiring platforms to list only “hard-to-manipulate” tokens. Core dispute over the anti-manipulation listing clause According to Politico, current CFTC rules require exchanges seeki

According to Times Brasil, Brazil's Central Bank has fined Banco Topázio approximately $3.15 million and prohibited the institution from conducting over-the-counter foreign exchange services for virtual assets for the next two years. The penalty was issued following findings that Banco Topázio

According to Bitcoin.com News on May 13, Michael Selig, chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), said Tuesday at the FINRA 2026 annual conference held in Washington that the CFTC is strengthening coordination with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the areas of regulation, rulemaking, and enforcement. He also said they have signed a memorandum of understanding, and are advancing the establishment of a crypto-asset classification framework. Selig’s Key S

According to crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Elizabeth Warren submitted amendments to stablecoin legislation on Thursday. Reed's proposal explicitly prohibits cryptocurrencies from being used as legal tender, including bans on paying taxes with crypto assets. Warren's

According to a May 12 National Assembly seminar, South Korea's revised Special Finance Act amendment requires domestic cryptocurrency exchanges to automatically file suspicious transaction reports (STRs) with the Financial Intelligence Unit when users transfer digital assets exceeding 10 million