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The European Securities and Markets Authority wants to extend Europe’s restrictions on non-compliant stablecoins beyond trading to the services that let customers keep and move them. If adopted as proposed, the change would remove the option of leaving such tokens with a licensed custodian after their trading pairs disappear. In its September 30, 2026 response … Read more

The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed crypto custody fallback could broaden investment choices while making them easier for larger advisers to offer. The agency’s economic analysis says the expense of safeguarding assets and arranging independent oversight may lead smaller firms to decline to offer the service. Approved on Oct. 1, the proposal would let … Read more

The US sanctioned the Russia-linked A7 Network and proposed new restrictions to cut its crypto intermediaries off from global markets. On Oct. 1, the Treasury Department designated A7 as a significant transnational criminal organization, extending blocking sanctions beyond individual companies previously targeted by Washington to the broader payment network. FinCEN simultaneously proposed barring covered financial … Read more

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a custody framework on Oct. 1 that would let investment advisers and regulated funds hold crypto under rules written for it. It is the latest of nine agency actions since Aug. 18 that span most of an asset’s life, from fundraising to safekeeping. Two came before the … Read more