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Regulation
South Carolina anti-CBDC law bars state use, backs self-custody
South Carolina anti-CBDC law bars state agencies from digital-dollar tests and shields self-custody, mining and staking in statute.
Shipping container cartel: US indicts 4 Chinese makers
Shipping container cartel charges from the Justice Department accuse four Chinese manufacturers of cutting output and driving up freight prices.
Prediction markets ban: CFTC sues Minnesota over law
Prediction markets ban litigation is testing whether Minnesota can criminalize event contracts that the CFTC says belong under exclusive federal oversight.
PRA tells banks how to treat tokenised assets, stablecoins
The PRA told UK banks to classify tokenised assets and stablecoin exposures now, with a fuller crypto prudential framework not expected before 2028.
Polymarket private-company markets test a regulatory line
Polymarket private-company markets let traders bet on OpenAI, Anthropic and IPO timing using Nasdaq Private Market data, raising new regulatory questions.
Trump orders Fed review of crypto payment-rail access
Crypto payment-rail access moved back into the Fed debate after Trump ordered a review of rules shaping how banks and crypto firms connect to payment services.
Crypto bank charters: Warren challenges OCC's approvals
Crypto bank charters are under fire after Elizabeth Warren told the OCC at least nine approvals let firms seek bank status without bank rules.
The SEC is turning adviser cybersecurity into a liability test
SEC Regulation S-P amendments force advisers to prove breach response, vendor oversight and customer notice controls by June 2026.
CFTC scrutiny widens around Polymarket as oil bets draw abuse concerns
Reports linking an $800 million oil-linked Polymarket wager to insider-trading concerns are turning event contracts into a new test of CFTC market-abuse oversight.
Adani settlement sharpens sanctions risk for cross-border borrowers
Adani Enterprises agreed a $275 million Treasury sanctions settlement, sharpening compliance questions for lenders, insurers and commodity counterparties.
Australia orders Northern Minerals divestments, widening rare-earths scrutiny
Australia ordered six Northern Minerals shareholders to sell a 17.5 per cent stake, widening scrutiny of who can own strategic rare-earths assets.
SEC enforcement falls to 16-year low as Atkins narrows targets
SEC case volume is dropping, but the shift toward fewer, higher-value fraud and disclosure actions may leave issuers and advisers with less guidance, not less risk.
SEC drops gag rule, reshaping how defendants settle cases
The SEC scrapped its no-deny settlement policy, giving companies and other defendants more room to challenge enforcement claims after cutting a deal.
Minnesota opens crypto custody to state-chartered banks and credit unions
Minnesota's new custody law gives state-chartered banks and credit unions a direct route into crypto services, widening competition with specialist firms while keeping compliance and segregation rules in place.
SEC tokenized-stock plan redraws lines for brokers, exchanges and crypto venues
A proposed SEC framework for tokenized stocks would decide whether on-chain equities stay a back-office tool or become a new battleground between dealers, exchanges and crypto venues.
Bitcoin Depot Chapter 11 shows pressure on crypto ATMs
Bitcoin Depot Chapter 11 filing shows how state rules, anti-fraud costs and weaker retail demand squeezed one of crypto's biggest ATM networks.
Republicans press Fairshake to turn crypto wins into midterm money
Republicans who helped move crypto policy in Washington are pressing Fairshake to spend its $165 million more directly in 2026 races. The clash says less about party loyalty than about how the industry's donors think power is preserved.
Hong Kong SFC compensation shift raises misconduct costs
Hong Kong SFC compensation shift is turning enforcement into investor redress, raising the expected cost of misconduct for auditors, brokers and issuers.
Bank of England stablecoin rethink tests UK payments strategy
The Bank of England's stablecoin rethink is less about crypto sentiment than whether the UK wants regulated payment-token issuance to remain onshore.
SEC reset keeps adviser, retail-fraud cases in focus
Paul Atkins says the SEC will judge enforcement by quality, but David Woodcock's early signals suggest adviser misconduct and retail fraud still sit near the top of the docket.
Trump crypto rollback shifts oversight away from state regulators
State regulators have long handled crypto complaints and licensing. A federal shift could simplify compliance for large firms while thinning consumer-protection backstops.
Private credit 401(k) test starts with PGIM’s launch
Private credit 401(k) access is moving from Washington debate to plan menus as PGIM tests fees, liquidity and fiduciary risk.
Atkins' off-channel critique signals a narrower SEC playbook
Paul Atkins' attack on the SEC's off-channel sweep suggests Wall Street may face fewer broad settlement drives, but tougher triage around investor harm.
Interactive Brokers widens prediction markets as SEC delays ETF wrapper
Interactive Brokers has rolled Kalshi, CME Group and ForecastEx contracts into one interface just as the SEC delays 24 prediction-market ETFs. The split timing shows retail access is moving faster than Washington's agreement on how the asset class should be packaged and supervised.
Trump trade disclosures turn ethics into a market-trust test
A filing showing thousands of trades in an account held in Donald Trump's name sharpens the case that disclosure rules are lagging modern market-moving politics.
