South Korean regulators are closing in on legislation that would fundamentally reshape who can own the country's major cryptocurrency exchanges.

CFTC Chairman Michael Selig is turning up the pressure on the Senate to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act - legislation he argues is essential to ending what he calls years of "regulation by enforcement" and positioning the United States as a global leader in digital asset markets.

The battle over U.S. crypto legislation has entered a decisive phase. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse took to X on March 3, 2026, to declare that the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act is fundamentally about protecting American consumers - not the industry - and warned that Washington's patience with delay is running out.

President Donald Trump took to Truth Social with a pointed accusation: the U.S. banking industry, sitting on record profits, is actively working to torpedo his administration's cryptocurrency agenda.

The CFTC is pushing to bring a multi-trillion-dollar derivatives market back onshore — and it's giving itself roughly a month to do it.

A draft bill submitted to Turkey’s Grand National Assembly proposes sweeping changes to the taxation of digital assets, introducing a 10% withholding tax on crypto profits and a separate transaction levy.

South Korea is preparing a sweeping reform of how public institutions manage confiscated cryptocurrencies, after a string of security failures exposed serious weaknesses in state custody practices.