Hungary’s new government is scrapping severe crypto restrictions, including 8-year prison terms, explicitly signaling full alignment with EU MiCA standards and Estonia’s functional digital licensing framework.

Coinbase has become the first US-regulated exchange to offer true global crypto perpetual futures to American traders, ending years of regulatory exclusion from the world's most traded crypto derivatives product.

The European Commission has put forward its blueprint for a 21st sanctions package against Russia. If unanimously approved by EU member states, the framework will introduce the bloc's most expansive crypto restrictions yet, extending penalty exposure beyond individual firms to entire countries hosting platforms used to route money around existing measures.

Vietnam's State Securities Commission (SSC) vice chairman has described crypto assets as "a new pillar" of the country's digital economy, as the SSC and Ministry of Finance roll out a five-year pilot framework targeting an official domestic trading platform launch as early as Q3 2026.

House Financial Services Committee member French Hill told Fox News that traditional banks do not need to issue stablecoins to compete in blockchain payments - tokenized deposits do the same job while keeping funds inside the regulated banking system.

The EU is drafting unified taxes on crypto and online gambling to fund its next budget. Getting all 27 members to agree is a different problem entirely.

JPMorgan's CEO says the Clarity Act has serious problems for banks and promises to fight it, while naming Brian Armstrong as the person spending hundreds of millions to shape crypto legislation his way.

The UK added HTX to its Russia sanctions list today alongside 17 other entities, freezing assets and cutting off all UK financial access to the exchange.

South Korea's National Assembly Committee on Finance and Economic Planning is reviewing a public petition with over 52,000 signatures demanding the complete repeal of the planned 22% cryptocurrency gains tax.

Arthur Hayes commented on why Bitcoin does not need the CLARITY Act to survive, and why passing it would undermine the very thing that makes Bitcoin worth holding.

The Federal Reserve released a formal proposal on May 20, 2026 establishing limited payment accounts for eligible non-bank financial firms, including crypto and fintech companies, giving them direct connectivity to key payment infrastructure under a defined set of constraints.

South Carolina's Governor has signed S.0163 into law, a bill introduced on January 14, 2025 that establishes protections for digital asset users, miners, and self-custody holders while prohibiting state authorities from accepting or facilitating central bank digital currency.