SEC Staff Clarify Crypto Compliance Tests for Buybacks and Staking Tokens
The nonbinding FAQ addresses functional networks, staking receipts, post-launch development and secondary-market platforms.
The nonbinding FAQ addresses functional networks, staking receipts, post-launch development and secondary-market platforms.
Denis Alipov said the bloc favors national currencies as alternatives while keeping the dollar available for cross-border trade.
Ripple appeared on the July 8, 2024 roster through payment operations director Rene Huijsen, but neither appears on the task force’s current composition.
Prosecutors allege Mercedes Henry used six Ameris Bank customers’ information to connect their accounts to Coinbase accounts controlled by alleged co-conspirators.
An investigation found that 87% of 757 wallets tied to Iranian terrorist-financing activity primarily used USDT.
The meeting followed disputes over military use of Anthropic’s models and differing views on AI regulation and safety.
The agreement calls for internal controls, independent audits and board oversight, but creates no new legal mandate.
The agreement calls for internal monitoring, independent reviews and external testing, while Congress has no bill or timeline to formalize the framework.
Raymondip Bedi and Patrick Mavanga have three months to pay after a crypto investment fraud affected at least 65 investors and caused £1,541,799 in losses.
The People Power Party also urged a review of the proposed Future Response Fund, which would use excess tax revenue.
The SEC alleges two WhatsApp-linked schemes used fake trading platforms, AI bots and false claims of regulatory approval to misappropriate investor funds.
The commissioner will depart Oct. 2 after nearly nine years, with financial privacy and workable crypto rules also unresolved.
The proposal would halt development and deployment of advanced AI until a dedicated federal oversight agency is established.
KalshiEX LLC filed Sept. 28 to terminate a reward program tied to qualifying trading volume, with Oct. 13 listed as the earliest possible effective date.
Federal prosecutors seek about 110,270 Tether traced to a Binance account after alleged account-takeover fraud led to the unauthorized transfer of 33.7 Bitcoin from two wallets.
The document covers internal and external reviews of artificial intelligence technology after a Sept. 29 White House meeting on AI development.
The document carries moral force, while Trump said a committee of about 10 people could monitor the field.
Oil flows through the waterway and alternative routes have returned to 80% of pre-conflict levels, weakening Tehran’s ability to disrupt oil flows and use the strait as political leverage.
The administration is pressing developers to manage dangerous-system risks voluntarily while resisting broad federal rules that could slow U.S. competition with China.
The directive sets a 60-day deadline for proposed legislation defining “Super Intelligence” but provides no funding or private-sector mandates.
Separate Lahore landfill projects target methane capture, renewable energy and carbon credits, with no confirmed link to Bitcoin mining.
Two New York lawsuits allege investors were shown fictitious profits and pressured for more money when they sought withdrawals.
Hester Peirce’s departure will leave the SEC with two commissioners while the CFTC remains led by Michael Selig alone.
The proposed Box 3 overhaul would tax annual crypto gains as taxable income before assets are sold, but the bill still requires Senate approval.
The proposals would require daily reserve valuation, two-business-day redemptions and quarterly financial reporting for covered issuers.
The Federal Reserve governor said wider adoption will depend on cybersecurity, interoperability, anti-money-laundering controls and financial-system resilience.
The lists cover about $30 billion of imports from each country, but reductions will begin only after both governments complete domestic legal procedures.
Tether said it helped freeze approximately $550 million in Iran-linked USDT during 2026, while investigators examined delays involving identified wallets.
Indirect negotiations center on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, sanctions relief and Iran’s nuclear program, but no ceasefire or final agreement has been announced.
Barr backed the Fed’s Sept. 16 rate increase and said further policy adjustments may be needed as 2026 inflation projections remain above the 2% target.
The official cited rising inflation risks and easing labor-market risks while expecting a slight pickup in second-half growth.
Inflation was about 1.5% when Trump’s first term ended before approaching 9% in summer 2022.
Treasury and the IRS are examining whether some regulated investment companies are taking a position that in-kind redemptions keep digital-asset gains outside a 90% income test.
Bowman pointed to Anthropic’s Mythos as an example of AI’s dual-use risk and said regulators are reviewing whether current supervisory frameworks remain appropriate.
The CLARITY Act’s failure to advance keeps federal digital-asset rules unresolved as Republicans and Democrats clash over the bill’s political implications.
The defeat extends uncertainty around digital-asset regulation as partisan tensions rise in Washington.
The defeat extends uncertainty around the regulatory framework for crypto and digital assets in the United States.
The inquiry seeks records on customer verification, internal monitoring and suspicious-trading reports from Hyperliquid Labs, Crypto.com and Aristotle Exchange.
Proposals target AI-token usage and corporate equity while scrutinizing data-center incentives and AI-related tax deductions.
Some European consumers are paying nearly 50% more for fuel after the Strait of Hormuz closed, while the bloc received no additional gas or oil.