Government policy, laws and regulation shaping digital assets and the future of money.
Dubai’s VARA broker-dealer licence lets Coinbase’s Deribit route spot orders into Coinbase Exchange, giving UAE clients access to deeper crypto liquidity.
The SEC Regulation Crypto vote set for today was abruptly canceled just a day earlier, with no new date set and the CLARITY Act stalled in Congress recess.
The SEC tokenization exemption is delayed a second time over CLARITY Act Section 10505 talks, as a Senate cloture vote is scheduled for 15 September 2026.
Brazil’s central bank will require a 24 hour hold on crypto transfers above 10,000 dollars moving to self custody wallets, effective January 2027.
Abu Dhabi crypto hub data shows Citadel Mining holding roughly 6,997 BTC as Mubadala lifted its IBIT stake 16% to $566M under ADGM’s licensing regime.
UAE crypto sanctions widen as OFAC blacklists Shelbit, Aban Tether and a Kayvanpour network spanning the UAE, Georgia and Poland over IRGC-linked crypto flows.
Nasdaq bitcoin options are frozen: the SEC stayed its QBTC approval and reopened the file after CME Group argued the CFTC, not the SEC, owns the product.
Agentic AI regulation arrives first in Singapore, as MAS confirms autonomous AI agents already sit inside its binding supervisory guidelines for banks.
GCC crypto regulation faces a shake-up: a Gulf report urges the six member states to swap fragmented national rules for one digital-asset framework.
Why the CLARITY Act will not pass in 2026: the ethics fight over Trump-linked crypto, a 60-vote wall, a 14-day calendar, and a genuine path out to 2029.