Crypto Regulation
Anchorage Digital Joins Ripple in Pursuit of Fed Master Account: What It Means for Crypto Banking
Anchorage Digital, the first federally chartered digital asset bank in the United States, has applied for a Master Account with the Federal Reserve. If approved, the license would give Anchorage...
ASIC Grants Regulatory Relief Letting Brokers Distribute AFS-Issued Stablecoins
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has announced regulatory relief for stablecoin intermediaries. This removes the licensing barriers for entities distributing cryptocurrency issued by Australian Financial Services (AFS) licensed...
Global Crypto Regulation 2025: Key Laws Reshaping Stablecoins, Exchanges & Cross-Border Compliance
2025 is shaping up to be the year regulators finally got ahead of crypto instead of just chasing it. Unlike the reactive approach of past cycles, governments have started to...
Singapore Sets Stablecoin Standards While Asia Debates Crypto Frameworks
Singapore is pushing further out front in Asia’s digital finance race. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has built one of the region’s clearest frameworks for crypto service providers and...
MiCA Faces Stricter Rule Demands as France Floats Blocking Passporting Rights
France warned it could challenge the ability of crypto firms licensed in one EU country to operate across the bloc, raising the stakes in Europe’s rollout of the Markets in...
Seoul Lifts 7-Year Ban, Allowing Crypto Firms Access to Capital and Tax Breaks
South Korea has lifted a seven-year restriction on cryptocurrency businesses, clearing the way for trading and brokerage firms to qualify as venture-certified companies. The Cabinet approved revisions to the Enforcement...
Hong Kong Moves to Compete Globally by Softening Crypto Rules for Local Lenders
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has put forward a supervisory policy known as CRP-1, designed to make it easier for banks to handle crypto assets. The draft framework lays...
India Avoids Full Crypto Regulation, Citing Fear of Legitimacy and Systemic Risks
India is leaning towards maintaining partial oversight on cryptocurrencies rather than introducing full legislation to regulate cryptocurrencies, according to a government document seen by Reuters. Officials argue that creating a...
Russia Proposes Easing of Crypto Rules to Boost Adoption Among Retail Investors
Russia, which has been an important member in the cryptocurrency ecosystem, has proposed providing crypto trading to retailers. Talks are underway and if approved, the retail investors could soon access...
How the Fast-Growing Indian Economy Is Leading The Way in Crypto Adoption?
India’s economy remains one of the fastest-growing in the world, with GDP growth projected at 7–8% in 2025, fueled by IT exports, manufacturing expansion, and a thriving services sector. Alongside...
South Korean Regulator Fines First Crypto Whale Under New Law
Today, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) of South Korea has imposed its first-ever fine targeting a crypto whale for unfair trading practices, including creating artificial trading volume, spreading false information,...
SEC and CFTC Issue Vague Crypto Statement, But Lawyers Say Nothing Has Changed
The SEC and CFTC issued a new joint statement on crypto, but prominent crypto lawyers are already calling it a “nothingburger.” While regulators are celebrating the move as a major...
CFTC Plunges into Crisis as Leadership Vacuum Paralyses Crypto Oversight
A leadership crisis is engulfing the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), threatening to paralyze a key U.S. crypto regulator. Reports confirm that Democratic Commissioner Kristin Johnson will depart the agency...
United Crypto Lobbyists to Senate: Protect Developers or We Kill the Bill
A massive coalition of over 100 crypto companies and advocacy groups, including Coinbase, Kraken, Ripple, a16z, Grayscale, Uniswap Labs, and Solana Labs, has put the Senate Banking Committee on notice....
Hong Kong Goes All-In on Big Money Crypto with Strict Basel Rules From 2026
Hong Kong’s banking authority, the HKMA, has laid out plans to adopt the world’s strictest crypto banking standards. It’s a strategic move designed to attract major financial institutions by making...
Australia Joins the Chorus of Regulators Demanding More From Binance
The regulatory spotlight is once again fixed on Binance. Australia’s financial crimes watchdog, AUSTRAC, has ordered the exchange’s local unit to appoint an external auditor after identifying “serious concerns” with...
A “Regulate, Not Ban” Stance on Crypto Newly Emerges from India’s Parliament
India’s Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs has recommended that cryptocurrencies be regulated under a clear legal framework rather than being outlawed. This recommendation comes even as the committee’s own...
“Very Few Tokens Are Securities”: SEC Chair Paul Atkins Makes His Stance Clear
The new head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Paul Atkins, has reinforced his stance that only a small number of digital tokens should be classified as securities. ...
US House Prepares to Approve Crypto Market Structure Bill, Says Caitlin Long
The U.S. House of Representatives is preparing to vote on a major cryptocurrency market structure bill that would create the first comprehensive rulebook for digital assets in the country. The...
New Illinois Law Caps Crypto Kiosk Fees at 18% and Mandates Scam Refunds
Illinois has enacted two major new cryptocurrency laws, a move designed to crack down on fraud and bring stricter regulation to digital asset businesses. Governor JB Pritzker signed the legislation...
South Korea Halts All Crypto Lending After 13% of Borrowers Liquidated in One Month
South Korea’s top financial regulator slammed the brakes on crypto lending. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) has ordered all domestic crypto exchanges to immediately suspend their newly launched lending services,...
Ripple, Hedera, Algorand, and XDC Becomes ISO 20022-Compliant Crypto Projects
The Altcoin Buzz channel released part two of its series exploring crypto assets that comply with the ISO 20022 financial messaging standard. As global banks and institutions move toward this...
US SEC Launches ‘Project Crypto’ to Overhaul Rules and Become Global Digital Asset Hub
SEC Chair Paul Atkins outlined a sweeping regulatory modernization effort on Fox Business, introducing “Project Crypto” as a central initiative to update decades-old securities rules for the digital asset era....
Fed Ends Specialized Crypto Oversight, Returns to Standard Bank Supervision
The Federal Reserve has announced it will phase out its specialized oversight framework for banks engaged in cryptocurrency and fintech ventures. Introduced in 2023, the program specifically targeted novel banking...
Bank Policy Institute Warns Stablecoin Rewards Programs by Coinbase, PayPal Could Lead to $6.6T “Deposit Flight”
The Bank Policy Institute (BPI), a major U.S. banking lobby group, is sounding the alarm over stablecoin reward programs from companies like Coinbase and PayPal, warning they could destabilize the...
