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San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly has signaled that inflation may take longer to return to the central bank's target, a message that keeps Bitcoin's rate-cut tailwind conditional rather than guaranteed for liquidity-sensitive assets.
South Korea is set to impose a 22% tax on cryptocurrency gains that exceed 2. 5 million won, with the rule slated to take effect in 2027, marking a decisive step in the country's long-debated South Korea crypto tax 2027 framework.
SEC Chair Paul Atkins signaled that the agency is prepared to write its own crypto rules if Congress fails to advance the CLARITY Act, putting the prospect of SEC crypto rules back at the center of the US digital asset policy debate.
The designation is part of a wider Iran-related package that also reached insurers and additional tankers, as reported on the same day . That framing places the maritime firm inside Iran's broader shipping and logistics network rather than treating it as an isolated case.
The central bank issued the proposal as draft rules, meaning the framework is a consultation-stage document and not a finalized law. The materials were released through the regulator's official press announcement , which frames the measure around organized crypto trading.
A court status report indicates the SEC will pay Coinbase in connection with missing text messages from former SEC Chair Gary Gensler, according to the filing at the center of a records dispute between the agency and the exchange.
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has said that some DeFi vaults and onchain lending products may fall under existing securities laws, a warning that puts the design of automated crypto yield strategies squarely in the regulatory spotlight even without any new rule being enacted.
A FOIA lawsuit is a legal action filed under the Freedom of Information Act, the federal transparency law that lets the public and companies demand records from government agencies. Coinbase used that mechanism to press the SEC for documents, and the two sides have now reached a settlement, according to Yahoo Finance .
The legislation cleared parliament and is reported to take effect on Sept. 1, according to CoinDesk's policy reporting .
President Bola Tinubu has moved to coordinate Nigeria's crypto oversight, signing an executive order on virtual assets that establishes a council to harmonise regulation of the country's digital economy. The directive places policy alignment, not price action, at the center of Nigeria crypto oversight.
Vietnam is preparing to fine individual users up to VND 50 million for trading on unlicensed crypto exchanges, part of a new administrative-penalty framework governing the country's crypto-asset market and drawing a sharp line between licensed and unlicensed platforms.
The proposal is registered in the Duma's official legislative database, where its status and text are tracked at the parliament's bill record . That record is the authoritative reference for where the measure sits in the process.
The signal comes from a Polymarket event on whether the Clarity Act is signed into law in 2026 , where traders stake capital on the yes or no outcome. The full bill in question is the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act.
France has ordered internet service providers to block Polymarket, with the president of the country's National Gambling Authority directing ISPs on July 16, 2026 to cut off access to the prediction market platform that regulators classify as an illegal gambling service.
France has ordered internet service providers to block access to Polymarket, with authorities citing the prediction market's lack of authorization to operate in the country. The France Polymarket ISP block makes the platform unreachable for users on major domestic networks unless they route around the restriction.
Options position limits are regulatory caps on the number of contracts a single trader, or group acting together, may hold on one side of the market in a given product. They exist to limit the risk that one participant can dominate or manipulate a contract.
Japan has passed a crypto reform bill that tightens insider trading rules for digital assets, placing market conduct at the center of the country's next regulatory phase and signaling closer oversight of participants with access to non-public information.
Garlinghouse made the statement publicly, describing how the December 2020 enforcement action created severe operational pressure that pushed Ripple close to collapse. The claim underscores just how damaging prolonged regulatory uncertainty can be for blockchain companies, even well-funded ones.
Ripple has obtained a full MiCA-compliant crypto-asset service provider (CASP) license in Luxembourg, upgrading its earlier preliminary approval and strengthening its regulatory position across the European Union.
The European Securities and Markets Authority launched a Common Supervisory Action on 8 July 2026 targeting the digital operational resilience of crypto-asset service providers, with custody operations as the primary focus.