US SEC follows CFTC in staff guidance for crypto
With the failed cloture vote on the CLARITY Act, the SEC announced updates on how federal securities laws could apply to token issuers, following similar…
Bybit accepts Franklin Templeton tokenized funds as trading collateral
Eligible institutions can pledge Benjiissued fund shares for stablecoin credit lines while keeping the underlying assets in offexchange custody.…
SEC Charges Registered Investment Adviser Zoe Financial for Failure to Disclose Conflict of Interest
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against New Yorkbased investment adviser Zoe Financial Inc. for failing to fully and…
Crypto PAC spends $11M to oppose Sherrod Brown in Ohio
Fairshake pledged an initial $30 million on media opposing the Democratic candidate in Ohio’s Senate race in what some see as a repeat of spending by the…
Bitget CEO says $388M hack exploited third-party security vulnerability
Some stolen assets have been frozen, but Bitget has yet to disclose how much has been recovered as investigators continue to assess a possible North Korea…
MiCA focus shifts from rulemaking to supervision, ESMA chair says
ESMA will focus on CASP resilience, outsourcing and reverse solicitation while pursuing harmonized reporting across national regulators. Source:Cointelegraph
Hong Kong regulators expand financial reporting oversight to licensed crypto firms
The SFC and AFRC signed a new MoU extending financial reporting, audit and compliance cooperation to licensed virtual asset service providers.…
California's Newsom signs memecoin ban and calls it 'The Opposite of Trump'
The California Governor signed AB 2409 as part of an anticorruption package, framing it as a response to President Trump's $TRUMP fiasco. Source:CoinDesk
South Korea weighs crypto market makers after JPYC trades at 4 times peg
Crypto market making is effectively restricted under South Korea’s manipulation rules, but regulators are reconsidering the approach after a JPYC spiked on…
Newsom signs California ban on public officials issuing memecoins
The law also restricts crypto companies from offering certain memecoins tied to public officials to California residents and takes effect for tokens issued…
Zano rolls blockchain back a month after Gateway Address exploit
The Zano blockchain has been restarted at the block height that came immediately before Hard Fork 6, which introduced Gateway Addresses. Source:Cointelegraph
Australia summons OpenAI, Anthropic chiefs to Senate inquiry on health-data hack: Report
A rogue OpenAI research agent bypassed blocks on the Australian government healthdata portal, accessing nonpublic files in June. Source:Cointelegraph