Regulatory decisions, legislation, court cases and enforcement actions that shape how crypto and trading markets work, from the SEC and CFTC to MiCA in the EU and the UK regime. We link the orders, filings and rulings themselves.
The federal complaint asks a court to declare Louisiana's gambling laws preempted for contracts on CFTC-regulated exchanges and to bar the state from enforcing a November 12 order against 32 entities. The CFTC says Louisiana is the 12th state it has sued.
Committee staff received nearly 1,700 pages of documents and five briefings from prediction market platforms. The memo says the markets first detected most reported insider-trading incidents, and suggests a ban or narrower limits for government personnel.
Investigators suspect the group traded crypto without a license, did not report it to the Israel Tax Authority and moved the proceeds into bank accounts presented as loans, according to Ynetnews and The Jerusalem Post. No charges have been reported.
House chairmen asked the former Nvidia chief for a closed-door interview on December 1 and said a subpoena will be issued if he does not accept. Lutnick has agreed to testify to the Senate Banking Committee, NBC News reported.
The federal complaint asks a court to declare Arkansas law preempted for contracts on CFTC-regulated exchanges and to bar the state from investigating them.
The draft rules apply to transfers through licensed crypto firms. Public comments are open until November 26.
The amount is part of more than $2.7 billion frozen since the October 29 theft. The department also announced the seizure of infrastructure behind a fake video-call scheme it links to North Korea.
A state judge granted a temporary restraining order against the platforms the same day, WBRZ reported. Robinhood and Coinbase say their event contracts are regulated by the CFTC.
The White House sent the four names to the Senate on Thursday. Both agencies are operating with most of their seats empty, and Democrats are projected to take control of the Senate in January.
Guidance from the Department of Financial Services requires board-approved marketing policies by May 2027. The letter says risk warnings should not be left to the end of a podcast or placed behind a link.
The Digital Crime Task Force follows the T3 Financial Crime Unit, which Tron and Tether formed with TRM Labs in 2024. Bloomberg reported that the unit was disbanded in late August, according to Decrypt and Cointelegraph.
The agency alleges in a November 6 release that customer orders were filled abroad in breach of foreign exchange law. CoinDCX says it complies with the law; Delta Exchange India says it is not involved in cross-border crypto transfers. No charges are reported.
The financial regulator said it will issue a no-action letter covering pre-emptive suspensions and told exchanges to monitor around the clock, two weeks after the Binance hack. The release does not list the letter's conditions or give a date for it.
The ruling lets New York require the prediction market to get a gambling license or stop offering sports contracts in the state, The Block reported.
The central bank put Ueno Bank into resolution on November 3. It says an advance on the deposit guarantee has reached 93.1% of covered depositors, and an analyst quoted by Cointelegraph sees no mass move into stablecoins.
The Minnesota congressman beat August Pfluger 103-76 on November 10, according to Politico as cited by Cointelegraph. Republicans will be in the minority from January 2027.
The central bank's new ordinance sets out how organized crypto trading must be run. It did not say whether any exchange has had its rules approved.
The Financial Stability Board's peer review credits Turkish authorities with meaningful progress, including licensing for crypto firms, and makes four recommendations.
The report, which we read as relayed by Cointelegraph, cites one unnamed person. Kalshi calls the matter a procedural error involving a handful of contracts. The CFTC has announced nothing.
The bill, passed 240–202, counts crypto assets among the funds that can be frozen for people on a national sanctions list. It is now in the Senate.
The ECB board member told European lawmakers the bank needs the legal framework to finish its preparations. A pilot with 36 payment providers is planned for the second half of 2027.
Two accomplices sent to the victims' home were jailed for four and five years. The attempt failed when the victims did not open their door.
The agency obtained orders for $1.095 billion in monetary relief. Cases it singled out include an alleged $95.6 million fraud at a Bitcoin mining business.
A trade group that says Cboe and Citadel Securities are among its members is suing to overturn the CFTC's approval of the products. The SEC has also asked to file a brief.
The exchange told French customers it is winding down its activities in France, four months after the country's transition period under the EU's MiCA rules ran out on July 1. Crypto left on the platform faces a monthly fee of at least 10 USDC, according to the exchange's email.
