Robinhood has cleared an important UK regulatory hurdle, but customers still cannot buy or sell cryptocurrency through the Robinhood UK app.
Minnesota’s statewide crypto ATM ban took effect on August 1 after the state recorded 134 kiosk-related scam complaints and nearly $1 million in reported losses over three years.
Russia has formally expanded its regional cryptocurrency mining restrictions to Moscow, the Moscow Region and selected parts of Kursk, with the ban taking effect on August 15, 2026.
South Korea will begin taxing crypto gains on January 1, 2027, with the government ruling out a fourth delay.
The Bank of Russia published a package of draft regulations on July 27 setting out how a licensed domestic crypto market would operate. The proposals cover exchange rules, price reporting, digital ownership records and capital requirements for specialized custodians.
BlackRock has publicly backed the CLARITY Act, adding the world’s largest asset manager to the institutional push for US digital asset legislation.
European authorities added 15 crypto-asset service providers to the Markets in Crypto-Assets register, lifting the total number of listed firms to 309.
Russia's Sber plans to have the infrastructure for cryptocurrency trading and a digital depository ready by December 1, 2026.
The European Union has named 14 crypto-related platforms and service providers that will become subject to transaction bans under its 21st sanctions package against Russia.
Senator Cynthia Lummis has provided the clearest account yet of how the CLARITY Act’s proposed crypto ethics restrictions would operate in practice.
The CLARITY Act has moved beyond a reported political agreement and into the stage where lawmakers can argue over actual legislative language.
Hester Peirce says crypto vaults and onchain lending can trigger securities, fund or adviser rules depending on who controls the strategy and how returns are generated.



