California has drawn a new boundary between public office and meme-coin launches. Its law targets officials who issue speculative tokens and, from 2027, platforms that offer certain new official-linked coins to state residents.

The European Banking Authority’s consultation on how it may calculate MiCA fines closes September 28. The deadline will not fine a company or change a stablecoin’s status overnight, but it shows how the EBA could turn a MiCA breach into a penalty.

New SEC staff guidance draws a practical line for crypto projects: a token buyback or network upgrade matters differently when buyers still depend on a team to deliver returns.

Hester Peirce wants financial platforms to verify that customers meet legal requirements without making each company store another complete identity file.

The White House says US regulators will continue advancing crypto policy after the CLARITY Act failed, shifting the immediate work from Congress to the SEC and CFTC.

MiCA requires electronic money institutions issuing significant stablecoins to keep most reserve funds with banks. The ECB warns that this protection could transmit a redemption shock into lenders.

Crypto entered 2026 asking Washington for one rulebook. It reached the Senate vote divided over a harder question: who should profit when digital dollars sit idle?

The CFTC has sent a crypto proposal for White House review that could create a regulated route for leveraged trading after CLARITY failed in the Senate.

The SEC has opened a five-year route for tokenized stock trading, but the order covers a controlled market test rather than the wider framework Congress failed to approve.

The SEC and CFTC move ahead with crypto rules after CLARITY fails, while comprehensive spot-market oversight still requires Congress.

The Federal Reserve unanimously raised its target range by 25 basis points to 3.75%-4.00%, while officials’ projections pointed to one more increase before year-end.

The House Ways and Means Committee has approved legislation that would eliminate a separate gain-or-loss calculation when crypto is used to pay qualifying fees of $10 or less.