The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has designated its "Regulation Crypto" proposal economically significant and targeted a July 2026 release, according to the 2026 Regulatory Agenda published July 7.

A significant shift in law enforcement strategy has removed a major hurdle for the CLARITY Act, signaling a potential July vote on vital crypto legislation.

The same European regulation that pushed Binance out of the EEA is putting Bitcoin and Ethereum trading inside German banking apps, revealing what MiCA was actually designed to do.

Brazil's central bank is preparing one of the strictest crypto oversight regimes in the region, forcing large stablecoin transfers into a 24-hour review window and pulling cross-border payments back under licensed institutions.

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand renewed her call to bar elected officials from issuing digital assets after Donald Trump's financial disclosure showed $636 million in memecoin income, his largest revenue source in 2025.

The U.S. regulatory landscape for digital assets is undergoing a radical transformation. In a recent interview, SEC Chairman Paul Atkins outlined the administration’s clear directive: to reposition the United States as the global hub for cryptocurrency innovation.

Binance is facing one of its largest retail-investor lawsuits yet. Nearly 1,700 British investors have filed a group claim against the exchange and founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao in London's High Court, seeking at least £150 million (about $200 million) in damages.

On July 1, 2026, the transition period for the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation (MiCA) ends, and any exchange serving EU users without a CASP license will be operating outside EU law. The striking part isn't the rule itself, it's how few firms have actually cleared the bar, and how concentrated the licensed survivors are.

Ukraine has done something it has never done before: moved seized cryptocurrency into active state management rather than leaving it frozen.

Binance is winding down its crypto services across the European Union from July 1, 2026, after failing to secure the license it needs to keep operating in the bloc.

Ripple secured preliminary approval for a Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP) license from Luxembourg's financial regulator, the CSSF, under the EU's MiCA framework.

The US Senate has passed a four-year ban on a Federal Reserve digital dollar, not as standalone legislation, but tucked inside a bipartisan housing bill that cleared the chamber 85-5 on Monday night.