Hungary Plans to Decriminalize Crypto Trading After Orban-Era Restrictions
Hungary plans to decriminalize crypto trading, according to reporting from Bloomberg and the state news agency MTI, marking a potential reversal of restrictions…
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How lawmakers and regulators are shaping crypto: SEC and CFTC actions, stablecoin laws such as the GENIUS Act, MiCA in Europe, and enforcement cases around the world.
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NYDFS proposes stablecoin rules to align New York oversight with the GENIUS Act
The New York State Department of Financial Services has proposed new rules for payment stablecoin issuers, aiming to align the state’s long-running stablecoin framework…
EU Crypto Deadline Looms: Only 14 Exchanges Are Licensed to Let You Trade
The European Union’s MiCA transition period ends on July 1, 2026, bringing legacy national crypto registrations to their final compliance checkpoint.
Kalshi Sues Minnesota Over Prediction Market Ban
KalshiEX filed a federal complaint in Minnesota seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against state officials over a new prediction-market ban.
BIS Project Agorá Tests Seconds-Level Wholesale Settlement
The Bank for International Settlements’ Project Agorá delivered a prototype around May 27, 2026, showing that tokenized wholesale cross-border payments can settle in…
Google engineer charged over $1.2M Polymarket insider-trading scheme
Federal prosecutors charged Google software engineer Michele Spagnuolo with commodities fraud, wire fraud and money laundering after alleging he used confidential Google…
CFTC and Gemini Ask Court to Vacate $5M Settlement
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Gemini Trust Company filed a joint motion in late May 2026 asking a federal court to vacate a January 2025 consent…
China’s Supreme Court Targets Crypto and AI Dispute Rules
China’s Supreme People’s Court has opened a coordinated effort to develop judicial rules for disputes involving cryptocurrencies and artificial intelligence, linking the…
Digital Chamber Defends OCC Crypto Trust Charters
The Digital Chamber pushed back on Senator Elizabeth Warren’s May 18, 2026 letter challenging the OCC’s approval of national trust charters for digital-asset firms.
Spain Orders Temporary Block of Polymarket and Kalshi
Spanish authorities opened sanction procedures on May 26, 2026, and ordered a provisional block of Polymarket and Kalshi, saying both platforms operated in Spain without…
Kalshi Backs New Lobbying Group for Prediction Markets
Kalshi has backed the launch of Americans for Fair Markets, a new lobbying group created to advocate for prediction markets as federal scrutiny intensifies.
Fed Floats “Skinny” Master Accounts for Crypto and Fintech Firms
The Federal Reserve opened a public comment period for a proposal that could give legally eligible non-bank financial institutions restricted direct access to core Fed…
Missouri Sues CoinFlip Over Alleged Crypto ATM Fraud Failures
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway filed a lawsuit in late May 2026 against GPD Holdings LLC, the operator of CoinFlip, accusing the company of knowingly…