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.

The first CLARITY Act ethics details ban officials from issuing crypto, but DOJ-only enforcement has already cost the bill a key Democrat.

Russia’s State Duma passed the law “On Digital Currencies and Digital Rights” in its second and third readings on July 21, 2026.

Donald Trump has reportedly accepted a proposed ethics framework for the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, potentially removing one obstacle that has complicated negotiations in the Senate.

Russia’s crypto bill would cap retail crypto purchases at ₽300,000 a year while keeping domestic payments banned.

Tether faces a July 18, 2028 deadline to establish a compliant route for USDT in the United States or risk losing normal access to American customers through centralized exchanges and other digital-asset service providers.