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Texas Becomes First State to Make Bitcoin Reserve Purchase

USA - December 16 2025 In a groundbreaking move, in late November 2025, Texas executed a $5 million purchase of Bitcoin, marking the launch of its Strategic Bitcoin Reserve…

CFTC Announcement Paves the Way for Spot Crypto Trading on U.S. Regulated Exchanges

USA - December 10 2025 On December 4, 2025, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that spot cryptocurrency products will begin trading for the…

Australian Securities and Investments Commission Releases Key Updates to Digital Asset Guidance in INFO 225 and Issues No Action Letter

Australia - November 24 2025 ASIC has released important updates to its guidance in INFO 225 on the regulation of digital assets, including in relation to digital asset…

The Canadian Federal Government 2025 Budget Proposes to Create a Legislative Regime Governing Fiat-backed Stablecoins

Canada - November 18 2025 On 4 November 2025, the Canadian federal government released its 2025 Budget called “Canada Strong” (“Budget 2025“) which signaled a major step…

CSA Issues Reminder on Crypto Lending Rules

Canada - November 6 2025 The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have recently issued a reminder to crypto-backed lending platforms regarding their obligations under…

Department of Justice Seizes About $15 Billion in Bitcoin Relating to Pig Butchering Scheme

USA - October 17 2025 Three months ago, we wrote about a record $225 million cryptocurrency seizure by the U.S. Secret Service connected to a “pig butchering” scheme. That…

Central EU Oversight of Crypto Under ESMA?

European Union - October 15 2025 We recently wrote about how the United Kingdom and the United States jointly launched the Transatlantic Task Force for Markets of the Future and how…

Bridging the Atlantic: The U.K.-U.S. Transatlantic Task Force and the Future of Global Crypto Regulation

United Kingdom, USA - October 1 2025 In a significant move that has the potential to reshape the global regulatory landscape for digital assets, the United Kingdom and the United States…

Illinois Enacts Crypto Consumer Protection Laws

USA - August 19 2025 On August 18, 2025, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed two bills that created, in his words, first-of-their-kind safeguards in the Midwest for…

The Rise and Fall of Do Kwon and the UST Stablecoin: From Crypto Visionary to Convicted Fraudster

USA - August 13 2025 For a time, Do Kwon was hailed as a visionary, a “cryptocurrency king” building a decentralized financial utopia. His company, Terraform Labs, and…