A push is growing in the US Senate to add stricter ethics safeguards to a major crypto market structure bill, with Democratic lawmakers warning that the legislation will stall unless clear conflict-of-interest rules are included.

Ripple has taken another step in expanding its regulatory presence in Europe after its UK subsidiary received authorization from the country’s financial watchdog.

UK financial regulators have outlined a clear roadmap for bringing crypto companies under a full authorization regime, marking another step toward tighter oversight of the digital asset sector.

Washington’s effort to establish a clear regulatory framework for crypto markets may be slowing for political reasons rather than technical disagreements.

India has significantly tightened oversight of the cryptocurrency sector, formally bringing dozens of exchanges under the country’s anti-money laundering framework and accelerating enforcement against non-compliant platforms.

Europe’s stablecoin market has entered 2026 with little change in the number of fully authorized issuers under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework, highlighting both regulatory progress and clear bottlenecks in adoption.

China has effectively shut the door on real-world asset tokenization, making it clear that the country is not debating how to regulate RWA - but whether it should exist at all.

Momentum around U.S. crypto legislation is once again building - but this time under the pressure of an approaching deadline rather than market headlines.

Japan is steadily reshaping its financial future, with policymakers signaling that digital assets are moving closer to the heart of the country’s capital markets.

Europe is heading toward a renewed clash with America’s largest technology companies, as regulators in Brussels prepare to shift from writing digital rules to actively enforcing them.

Crypto markets may be watching prices, but much of the industry’s real attention is fixed on Washington.