Global Regulation Newsletters

The Financial Intelligence Unit of India (FIU-IND), operating under the Indian Ministry of Finance, ordered the blocking of access to 25 offshore crypto exchanges for non-registration under the Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA 2002). This decisive enforc…

On 17 September 2025, the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (US CFTC) and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (US SEC) issued a joint statement extending the compliance date for amendments to Form PF, the confidential reporting form for…

On 8 September 2025, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (US SEC) announced that its Crypto Task Force will host a public roundtable on financial surveillance and privacy. The event will take place on 17 October 2025 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at US SEC hea…

On 21 May 2025, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) announced that it will seek special leave from the High Court of Australia to appeal the decision of the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia in the Block Earner case. The Full Court had…

On 29 July 2025, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (US SEC) published in Release No. 2025-101, titled “SEC Permits In-Kind Creations and Redemptions for Crypto ETPs,” thereby permitting in-kind creations and redemptions by authorised participant…

On 9 July 2025, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (US SEC) published the Notice of Filing of Amendment No. 2 to Proposed Rule Change to Amend the Bitwise Bitcoin ETF Trust and the Bitwise Ethereum ETF in Order to Permit In-Kind Creations and Redempti…

On 27 June 2025, the Hong Kong Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB) and the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (HK SFC) jointly published two consultation papers proposing statutory licensing regimes for virtual asset dealers and custodians…

On 3 July 2025, the FINMA opened a public consultation on two new ordinances: the RDO-FINMA and the LiqO-FINMA.

On 25 June 2025, US SEC announced an extension of the compliance deadline for broker-dealers subject to its amended Rule 15c3-3.

On 30 May 2025, the MAS launched the full licensing and compliance regime for DTSPs under the Singapore Financial Services and Markets Act 2022.

On 10 June 2025, the US SEC issued an order instituting proceedings to assess whether to approve or disapprove Nasdaq’s proposed rule change.

On 2 June 2025, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission issued an Order instituting proceedings to assess whether to approve or disapprove a proposed rule change by Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc.