China's 15th Five-Year Plan targets a national blockchain network by 2030, covering trade, finance, manufacturing, and agriculture — while maintaining its ban on cryptocurrency trading.
First reported Fri 23 Oct · 17:15 UTCNew York's Attorney General is pursuing $1.37 billion from fugitive NovaTech founders Cynthia and Eddy Petion, including $1.13B in disgorgement, after tracing $134.5M of investor funds to their crypto wallets.
First reported Fri 23 Oct · 11:15 UTCFrance is in focus across multiple angles: bond markets are growing nervous about political instability, riots are drawing international commentary, and the National Assembly narrowly voted to tax crypto-to-stablecoin swaps at ~31% starting 2027.
Updated 2 times since 23 Oct 2026Bybit obtained a VASP licence from Dubai's VARA for spot trading; SoFi launched an FDIC-insured tokenized deposit product for crypto users — two signals of institutional crypto infrastructure maturing.
First reported Thu 22 Oct · 12:27 UTCAfter the CLARITY bill failed 49-50, the SEC issued tokenized-stock exemptions and token guidance within 10 days — suggesting regulatory progress is happening through the executive branch even without legislative success.
First reported Thu 22 Oct · 09:26 UTCThree separate regulatory developments landed in the same hour: South Korea's Digital Asset Basic Act is near-final, the UK's FCA published DeFi guidance saying 'decentralized' isn't a regulatory shield, and blockchain groups urged the SEC to formally codify digital commodity status.
Updated 5 times since 21 Oct 2026The SEC published a list of three firms — TSV LLC, OKXICE TSV, and Perpetuals.com — that have filed notices to operate tokenized securities trading venues under its Innovation Exemption, a notable regulatory step for on-chain finance.
First reported Thu 22 Oct · 01:27 UTCAIPAC will no longer endorse or earmark donations to congressional campaigns, though its United Democracy Project super PAC continues — a move analysts say sheds the toxic brand while preserving the real spending power.
First reported Wed 21 Oct · 21:28 UTCA New Mexico judge has ordered Meta to pay $25 billion in penalties stemming from the Cambridge Analytica data privacy case, in what the state's AG calls possibly the largest state verdict against a company in American history.
First reported Wed 21 Oct · 18:28 UTCUK September CPI came in at 3.5% YoY (above the 3.4% estimate and up from 3.1%), with PPI Input surging to 8.3% YoY and public sector net borrowing ballooning to £24.5B — all hawkish surprises that complicate BOE's rate path.
First reported Wed 21 Oct · 06:22 UTCBOJ Deputy Governor Himino issued a barrage of hawkish signals, saying underlying inflation is approaching 2% and upside risks are high — keeping rate hike expectations alive.
First reported Wed 21 Oct · 05:32 UTCBoth Ripple and the Blockchain Association filed comment letters supporting the SEC's proposed Regulation Crypto Assets, backing the move to exempt certain digital assets from full securities registration — though both flagged areas needing improvement.
First reported Wed 21 Oct · 01:33 UTCFrance's parliament advanced one of Europe's highest crypto tax rates — 31.4% on every swap to stablecoins, even without converting to fiat. Industry voices are calling it a direct attack on holders.
Updated 5 times since 17 Oct 2026Trump announced a 1% whistleblower commission for fraud exposure, which is dramatically worse than the existing False Claims Act's 10–25% rate — drawing mockery and pointed commentary across crypto and political Twitter.
First reported Tue 20 Oct · 21:34 UTCThe Hyperliquid Policy Center has formally urged the SEC to clarify rules around crypto airdrops (excluding qualifying ones from investment-contract treatment) and automated token buybacks, signaling growing industry lobbying sophistication.
First reported Tue 20 Oct · 09:32 UTCThe EU will cap cash payments to businesses at €10,000 and require ID checks above €3,000 from July 2027, reinforcing the crypto-as-alternative narrative.
First reported Tue 20 Oct · 07:31 UTCThe CFTC has rebuffed CME's legal stance in what CoinDesk calls a 'consequential fight' over perpetual futures, a product type that would significantly expand US crypto derivatives access.
First reported Tue 20 Oct · 00:32 UTCHyperliquidPC filed a 12-page comment letter with the SEC supporting proposed crypto asset regulation and recommending five refinements, with language seen as significant for token classification debates.
First reported Mon 19 Oct · 17:34 UTCMastercard unveiled a new fraud and sanctions screening tool for stablecoin payments, launching first in North America with global rollout planned for 2027.
First reported Mon 19 Oct · 16:34 UTCProPublica reports Trump political appointees at DHS ordered its cybersecurity division to secretly acquire and hack a voting machine, with instructions to conceal any discovered vulnerabilities from vendors and report only to the White House — a major break from standard policy.
Updated 4 times since 16 Oct 2026Hyperliquid Labs co-founder Jeff Yan publicly stated on Bloomberg that VPN users violate its ToS, a move widely read as positioning the platform for compliant U.S. regulatory access.
First reported Mon 19 Oct · 00:32 UTCThe CFTC's proposed Regulation CM would allow crypto exchanges to opt into a single national federal regulatory framework, potentially replacing a fragmented state-by-state approach. Industry uptake is uncertain.
First reported Sun 18 Oct · 20:33 UTCFrench parliament passed a measure to tax crypto-to-stablecoin swaps at 31.4% starting 2027, in a razor-thin 38–37 vote with only 100 of 577 lawmakers present.
First reported Sun 18 Oct · 07:31 UTCThe OCC reviewed 100,000 complaints and found America's largest banks debanked lawful businesses — including crypto companies — systematically over a five-year period.
First reported Sun 18 Oct · 00:32 UTCA court-filed letter reveals exactly how Telegram transfers user IP addresses and phone numbers to U.S. authorities, prompting sharp backlash from crypto and privacy communities.
First reported Sat 17 Oct · 11:32 UTCNew Fed Chair Kevin Warsh delivered a wide-ranging set of statements signaling structural reform ambitions: centralizing chair authority, refocusing staff on monetary policy, and prioritizing institutional credibility over personal legacy.
Updated 5 times since 14 Oct 2026The Chinese government has announced registration and licensing requirements on frontier AI model weights and chip designs, effective immediately, with a public comment period before stricter rules take effect. Analysts clarify this doesn't shut down open-weight models now but establishes the optionality to do so.
First reported Fri 16 Oct · 18:33 UTCGermany and France officially abandoned the EU's 2035 internal combustion engine ban, while EU Commission President Von der Leyen called the EU-China trade imbalance 'structurally unsustainable.'
Updated 2 times since 16 Oct 2026France's parliament rejected a proposed increase to the flat tax on capital gains from 12.8% to 22.8%, a win for crypto investors. Separately, China now requires MOFCOM approval to open-source AI models above 2 trillion parameters or trained beyond 10²⁶ FLOPs.
First reported Fri 16 Oct · 13:36 UTCTaiwan has blocked access to Coinbase and Kalshi ahead of November local elections, citing laws banning for-profit election gambling.
First reported Fri 16 Oct · 03:32 UTC