Australia's financial regulator, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), has released updated guidance clarifying that existing financial services laws now apply to a broader range of digital assets. In…
Canada is reportedly accelerating efforts to establish a regulatory framework for stablecoins, with the goal of including it in the federal budget scheduled to be tabled on November 4. Officials…
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Paul Atkins has designated crypto regulation as the agency’s "job one," acknowledging that the United States is roughly "10 years behind" in establishing a…
UK Finance, the trade association for the United Kingdom's financial sector, has officially launched a pilot program for Tokenized Sterling Deposits (GBTD). This ambitious project aims to create a digital…
Vietnam has launched a five-year pilot program for cryptocurrency trading, marking a significant step toward formalizing a rapidly growing but unregulated market. The government's resolution, announced Tuesday, establishes a tightly…
Thailand’s Ministry of Finance has selected KuCoin as its first international crypto exchange partner for the "G-Token" program, a groundbreaking initiative to issue the world's first publicly offered tokenized government…
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is broadening its "Crypto Sprint" initiative, a move aimed at implementing a recent report from the President's Working Group on Digital Asset Markets.
In…
South Korea's top financial regulator has ordered all local digital asset exchanges to temporarily suspend their cryptocurrency lending services, citing a lack of clear regulations and high risk to investors.
The…
Thailand has initiated a new pilot program that allows foreign tourists to convert their cryptocurrency assets into Thai baht for spending within the country.
The program, named "TouristDigiPay," will run for…
The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has introduced strict new regulations for virtual asset custodians, including a surprising ban on the use of smart contracts in cold wallets.…