Regulation

• Hong Kong to issue first stablecoin issuer licenses next month. • Finance chief Paul Chan announces March approval timeline. • Licenses will regulate fiat-referenced stablecoin i

• EU Digital Omnibus and DORA reshape financial regulatory expectations. • Banks adopt unified data architectures to streamline compliance. • Intelligent governance and AI agents r

• $61M USDT seized by NC prosecutors from pig butchering scam. • Funds traced to crypto wallets used to launder stolen money. • Victims lured online to fake trading platforms, losi

Treasury OFAC sanctions Operation Zero after theft plea, tightening crypto security and enforcement. Company involved in crypto‑fueled trade‑secret theft, raising security concerns

Payoneer seeks OCC approval for PAYO Digital Bank, expanding digital banking services worldwide. Plans to issue a stablecoin under regulatory oversight, ensuring compliance and tru

SEC and FINRA permit 24/7 trading and instant settlement for tokenized funds, expanding market access. Applies to WisdomTree Treasury Money Market Digital Fund, expanding market ac

• Kalshi cuts X affiliate badges following new promotion policy. • Platform now restricts gambling‑related content promotion. • Change aims to reduce misleading marketing and prote

• Russian authorities investigate Telegram co‑founder Pavel Durov for terrorism facilitation. • Allegations stem from 155,000 channels flagged for illegal content. • Investigation

• AI-driven UI design now adapts and personalizes, but also amplifies dark pattern risks. • Dark patterns exploit psychological biases, learned from existing deceptive data, becomi

• DATs are publicly traded firms that treat cryptoassets as core treasury holdings. • They amass large crypto balances, offering investors indirect exposure via stock purchases. •

• Fed proposes codifying removal of reputation risk from banking supervision. • Aim to halt crypto debanking driven by political or religious concerns. • 60‑day window for public c

• Taylor Lindman, former Chainlink Labs deputy counsel, appointed SEC Crypto Task Force chief counsel. • Selig, former chief counsel, now CFTC chair, vacated role. • Lindman brings

• Terraform Labs’ liquidation administrator files lawsuit against Jane Street. • Accuses Jane Street of insider trading before Terra‑Luna collapse. • Claims trading activity caused

• Sovereignty rules in procurement create platform barriers, demanding traceable hardware provenance and component origins. • Certification is shifting from part-level to system-le

• Anchorage Digital launches U.S.-compliant stablecoin rails for international banks to streamline cross-border transactions. • Service includes minting, custody, treasury manageme

• California’s AB-2047 mandates DOJ‑approved 3D printers with firearm‑blocking tech for general‑purpose machines. • Only printers on a DOJ‑maintained roster can be sold; non‑listed

• Warren urges Treasury and Fed to avoid bailing out crypto billionaires amid Bitcoin selloff. • She warns bailout would be unpopular, shifting taxpayer wealth to crypto elites. •

• Solomon owns very little bitcoin, remains an observer in the evolving crypto landscape. • He sees crypto and traditional finance as part of one evolving system. • Tokenization wi

• NYSE President Lynn Martin cites responsibility to join tokenization conversation amid blockchain finance surge. • Exchange has built tokenization tech, collaborating with regula

• Hyperliquid Foundation donates $29M worth of HYPE tokens to launch DeFi policy advocacy group. • New group aims to influence U.S. regulations to support decentralized finance gro

• Bitwise files for 2028 U.S. election prediction market ETFs, targeting SEC approval. • ETFs would allow investors to bet on presidential race outcomes. • Wall Street pushes to wr

• How Europe’s blockchain sandbox finds innovation in regulation The EU regulated blockchain earlier than most major economies. • Its sandbox now tests whether dialogue unlocks inn

• Tesla ceases using ‘Autopilot’ label in California to avoid regulatory penalties. • California DMV warned Tesla of misleading marketing for ADAS features. • Tesla added ‘(Supervi

• The Digital Chamber launches Prediction Markets Working Group to champion clarity for US prediction markets. • Group urges CFTC to keep primary oversight, opposing state regulato

• Logan Paul sells tokenized Pokemon card for $16M, marking high-profile NFT sale. • Gemini announces departure of several top executives amid strategic shift. • Strategy Inc. comp

• South Korea lifts 9‑year corporate crypto ban, allowing listed firms to trade under regulated framework. • Corporate investments capped at 5% of annual equity and limited to top

• Monero transaction volume stays above 2022 levels, even after major exchanges delist the privacy coin. • 48% of newly launched darknet markets in 2025 support only XMR, signaling

• NY’s 2026-27 budget bill mandates 3D printers to include blocking tech that blocks firearm designs. • The algorithm scans every print file, refusing prints flagged as potential f

• Stablecoin market cap rose 0.58% to $307.7B, with USDC up 3.30% and USDT up 7.08%. • Active addresses fell 2.85% while monthly volume surged 62.21%. • Transaction volumes dropped

• HS124: Administration DDoS on AI Regulation Podcast:Download(99.8MB) |Embed Johna TillJohnson JohnBurke The recent U.S. • Executive Order 14365, Ensuring a National Policy Framew

• CMA to accept commitments to address priority concerns on Google Play. • Google commits to transparency in app review, ranking, data usage. • Play’s developer practices deemed fa

• This post was co-authored by ProfEugenia Georgiades The world is entering a new era of connectivity. • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellations have become central to how e

• First FDA‑approved therapy for a rare pediatric disease, offering hope to thousands of families. • The drug, developed by a biotech startup, uses gene editing to correct a single

• Chinese regulators intensify crackdown on crypto, targeting exchanges and mining. • Court cases show middlemen circumventing bans by acting as intermediaries. • Middlemen facilit

• Trump accuses major banks of discriminating against conservative clients today. • He urges Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase to reverse account closures. • Banks face scrutiny o

• TikTok app currently offline worldwide, leaving millions of users unable to access content or engage with creators. • Company issued statement urging users to stay tuned for upda