Turkmenistan has passed a sweeping crypto law that legalizes the industry but tightly controls it through licensing and the potential use of state-run ledgers.
Wemade’s new GAKS alliance brings Chainalysis, CertiK and SentBe together to support a compliant KRW stablecoin mainnet after multiple setbacks.
Licensed by Austria’s Financial Market Authority, KuCoin EU can operate across 29 EEA countries, excluding Malta.
Tokenization promises faster and cheaper markets, but the IMF warns that new risks and government intervention will accompany the shift to programmable finance.
Visa has partnered with crypto infrastructure company Aquanow to expand stablecoin settlement across the CEMEA region, cutting cross-border costs and friction.
EU governments agree to push forward with child sexual abuse Chat Control rules, but a compromise keeps voluntary scanning alive, leaving privacy advocates fuming.
Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon asked a US court to limit his prison term to five years as he faces a separate case in South Korea.
The UK has proposed a “no gain, no loss” approach to decentralized finance transactions, scrapping capital gains taxes on deposits to crypto lending platforms.
The South African Reserve Bank found no short-term need for a retail CBDC, saying wholesale or cross-border uses should be explored instead.
Switzerland will enshrine a global crypto tax sharing framework into law on Jan. 1, but will delay implementing it until at least 2027.