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Vault12 tells SEC token safe harbor leaves exchanges unwilling to list VGT
The wallet-backup firm raised $17.45 million in a 2018 token sale and says exchanges want assurance the SEC won't later challenge VGT.
OCC issues first federal banking GENIUS Act final rule; stablecoin rewards need sign-off
The rule takes effect January 18 and offers no examples of which rewards arrangements cross the law's ban on payments made solely in connection with holding, use, or retention of a payment stablecoin.
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CFTC Innovation Task Force will hold Oct. 28 forum on AI and agentic trading
The first Frontier Forum session will cover machine intelligence's effect on price discovery and risk management, and how traders' AI agents fit under CFTC rules.
France's National Assembly adopts amendment ending crypto-to-stablecoin tax deferral
The Oct. 16 vote was 38 to 37, with 25 abstentions; swaps into MiCA-defined e-money tokens would lose tax deferral from Jan. 1, 2027, triggering the default 31.4% rate.
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White House digital-asset council executive director Patrick Witt leaves, no successor named
A White House official told CoinDesk that crypto and the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act remain a focus for Trump.
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Patrick Witt leaves White House crypto policy office without a named successor
The White House says the Crypto and Clarity Act remains a priority, but no new name is attached to the president's in-house digital assets work.
ASIC opens consultation on crypto exchange custody and trading standards
The draft standards cover the separation and safeguarding of customer assets, settlement and financial resources, with final guidance expected in March 2027.
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Payward to buy Lithuania's Saldo Bank for EU banking license
The Kraken parent would use the license to offer interest-bearing deposits, loans, cards and euro payments.
Dutch central bank grants Qivalis e-money license for euro token
The 37-bank consortium still needs a published MiCA white paper before issuing its euro-denominated token, and has not said which members will use it.
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Nasdaq and NYSE file ETP trading-halt rule changes effective on filing
The notices amend Nasdaq Equity 4, Rule 4120 and NYSE Rule 7.18.
EU finance ministers agree position limiting ESMA crypto supervision to significant firms
The negotiating position would keep MiCA's 15-million-user significance test and add criteria that could qualify a firm with just over 1 million users.
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Financial Stability Board urges cross-border information sharing and crisis planning for stablecoins
The G20 watchdog says stablecoin arrangements have not been tested under severe stress and that multi-issuer structures leave reserves and insolvency claims unclear.
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Most amicus briefs in sports prediction-market case urge Supreme Court to side with states
Filers include former Senator Chris Dodd, former CFTC and SEC chair Gary Gensler, the NFL, 39 states, D.C. and 145 tribal nations, per CoinDesk.
Clarity Act's Senate failure hands crypto rulebook to SEC and CFTC
Three SEC and CFTC actions on tokenized stocks, retail leverage and custody lead the near-term rulemaking agenda.
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CFTC issues interim swap definition and proposes folding event contracts into swaps
The interim final rule becomes policy immediately and stays open to public input, while an event-contracts proposal carries a 30-day comment period amid state litigation over sports betting.
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SEC proposes expanding cross trading by registered funds to most fixed-income securities
Proposed Rule 17a-7 amendments would modernize pricing and oversight and add aggregated trade reporting; comments run 60 days after Federal Register publication.
Hester Peirce's parting speech takes aim at finance's mass data collection
Will Schwartz of the Blockchain Association recounts the Sept. 23 SIFMA remarks, delivered eight days before her last day as a commissioner.
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Hyperliquid confirms Singapore base and says it holds no MAS license
The Defiant cites FT reporting that people familiar with MAS's thinking place the venue outside the regulator's jurisdiction.
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Rain seeks a US trust bank charter for stablecoin issuance and custody
The proposed subsidiary would manage stablecoin reserves and hold client assets without taking deposits or making commercial loans.
FinCEN withdraws unhosted-wallet reporting rule and mixer proposal
Neither proposal had taken effect; FinCEN framed the withdrawals as part of the administration's deregulatory agenda.
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CFTC seeks comment on retail crypto margin rules and a new exchange registration category
Chairman Michael Selig frames the notice as a federal option rather than a mandate; one concrete provision is a 28-day delivery-to-self-custody exception to on-exchange trading.
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Nov. 3 midterms will decide SEC oversight and crypto's tax bills
CoinDesk's State of Crypto reads the House as likely to flip and the Senate as a tossup, with two tax bills and agency rulemaking the near-term tracks.
Senate rejects Clarity Act 49-50; KBW says crypto M&A trajectory holds
The market-structure bill was short of the 60 needed to advance on Sept. 15, leaving SEC exemptions and a custody proposal as the rulebook dealmakers are underwriting.
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Illinois agrees to six-month crypto tax delay pending court approval
Draft rules would charge customers on asset value rather than gains and cover paid custody, transfers and stablecoin settlement.
Circle urges EU to replace stablecoin bank-deposit mandates
The Defiant reports the USDC issuer also wants cross-border co-issuance kept in place and a path for foreign-issued stablecoins to be recognized.
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SEC proposes crypto custody rule for advisers, funds and state trust companies
Adviser self-custody would require demonstrated expertise and no qualified custodian willing to take the mandate; state-chartered trusts could serve as custodians.
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce departs, leaving Crypto Task Force without a named successor
A joint SEC statement credits her with pressing for digital-asset rules before the agency made clarity a priority and does not name who leads the task force next.
SEC Division of Examinations publishes exam process handbook for registrants
The handbook replaces and expands on the division's examination brochure and covers each stage of an exam, from risk assessment to the disposition letter.
SEC tokenized-stock exemption and CFTC relief follow Senate's CLARITY rejection
The SEC allowed certain venues to trade tokenized U.S.-listed stocks onchain two days after the Senate declined to advance the comprehensive framework.
Illinois agrees to six-month delay of 0.2% crypto tax
The Digital Chamber and Illinois Blockchain Association negotiated the six-month postponement, which a state judge must still approve and which leaves the legal challenge to be argued on the merits.
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FCA opens crypto authorization window; existing firms get Feb. 28, 2027 continuity deadline
Firms that apply by that date can keep taking new business while their applications are pending when the regime starts on Oct. 25, according to The Defiant.
Daines unveils ADAPT Act pairing stablecoin payment relief with wash-sale limits
The bill would exempt qualifying stablecoin purchases and crypto-paid transaction costs up to $10 from gain-or-loss recognition, while its wash-sale loss-harvesting restriction carries no stated ceiling.
SEC notices orders to let CPAs, Series 79 holders buy private offerings
A second notice would make passing a FINRA exam open to anyone over 18 an automatic qualifying route into unregistered offerings.
Crypto spent $8 million lobbying on the Clarity Act before the bill failed
Federal disclosures show more than $13 million in six months of crypto lobbying, with about $5.4 million of it never naming the bill.
CFTC sends OMB two rules defining event contracts as swaps
One filing would put event contracts inside the swap definition; an interim final rule would remove casino-style gambling products from it.
FCA opens crypto authorization gateway with February 2027 deadline
Firms have five months to apply for permission to operate in the UK, well before the regime takes effect in October 2027.
Kalshi files to end volume incentive program tied to its ether perpetual tape
The reward pools exclude members with market-maker agreements, and Kalshi cited separate liquidity payments for the repeated same-size ether perpetual prints.
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Coinbase wins CFTC approval to clear fully collateralized derivatives in-house
Margined futures and the planned single-stock perpetuals remain with outside clearing partners, according to The Defiant.
SEC staff adds a 'no central party' condition to its token buyback FAQ
The revised answer makes the absence of centralized control an explicit condition, shifting from the Sept. 25 answer that looked only at system function.
Tether says it helped freeze nearly $550 million in Iran-linked USDT
A Senate minority report released the same day found USDT dominated activity in 84% of the 846 Iran- and proxy-linked wallets it studied.