Policy, courts and regulators shaping crypto around the world.
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking Minnesota's first-in-the-nation prediction market ban, finding federal law likely preempts the state felony statute.
Securitize Capital LLC is now SEC-registered as an investment adviser, adding a fifth regulated function to its tokenized real-world asset platform alongside its broker-dealer and transfer-agent licenses.
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce warned the $131B crypto vault and onchain lending sector it cannot outrun federal securities law, citing the Howey Test and structural risk.
Sanctioned Sberbank aims to launch crypto trading infrastructure by December 1 as Russia's crypto bill advances — raising serious secondary-sanctions questions.
Alpaca Finance custodies $1.5B in shares backing 94% of tokenized equities — exposing a deep irony as the DTCC prepares its own tokenization service.
The CFTC has issued its second 2026 warning to prediction markets over boilerplate self-certifications, raising the prospect of enforcement against Kalshi, Polymarket and others.
Section 20216 of the CLARITY Act would bar dormant self-custodied Bitcoin from being deemed abandoned or subject to adverse possession, closing a $245B legal gap.
Sen. Ruben Gallego called the GOP's revised CLARITY Act ethics language 'a piece of shit' as Majority Leader Thune cast doubt on a Senate vote before August recess.
Robinhood is in active talks with Crypto.com to bring yes-or-no prediction contracts to its platform, deepening the brokerage's push into a contested US market.
Nvidia, Meta, Microsoft, IBM, and Palantir are among 25 tech companies urging U.S. policymakers to avoid premature restrictions on open-weight AI models.
