Russia is tightening scrutiny of businesses that move money between the traditional financial system and crypto as it prepares to bring more of the market under formal supervision.

The Senate has pushed the CLARITY Act vote into September after lawmakers failed to reach the agreement needed to move the crypto market-structure bill before the August recess.

The CLARITY Act has already cleared several important political hurdles, yet its Senate path remains uncertain.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune still expects the CLARITY Act to receive an initial vote before lawmakers leave Washington, but his latest remarks stop well short of promising that the Senate will complete, or even begin, full consideration of the bill.

Robinhood has cleared an important UK regulatory hurdle, but customers still cannot buy or sell cryptocurrency through the Robinhood UK app.

Minnesota’s statewide crypto ATM ban took effect on August 1 after the state recorded 134 kiosk-related scam complaints and nearly $1 million in reported losses over three years.

Russia has formally expanded its regional cryptocurrency mining restrictions to Moscow, the Moscow Region and selected parts of Kursk, with the ban taking effect on August 15, 2026.

South Korea will begin taxing crypto gains on January 1, 2027, with the government ruling out a fourth delay.

The Bank of Russia published a package of draft regulations on July 27 setting out how a licensed domestic crypto market would operate. The proposals cover exchange rules, price reporting, digital ownership records and capital requirements for specialized custodians.

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.