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The European Union’s transition period under its landmark crypto framework ends July 1, after which an estimated three-quarters of regional crypto companies could be barred from serving EU customers without full authorization. A Hard Deadline for Europe’s Crypto Industry The transitional period under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation will officially expire on July … Read more

Congress wants a task force for cryptocurrency theft months after the Justice Department disbanded NCET. The proposal, introduced by Reps. Lance Gooden and Josh Gottheimer, would create a Federal Cryptocurrency Theft Task Force inside the Justice Department and place it under the attorney general or a designee, according to the bill text and a June … Read more

Japan’s Bitbank, one of the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, announced on June 15, 2026, that users transacting with prediction market platforms, including Polymarket, could face immediate account suspension. Bitbank Draws the Line The exchange posted a formal notice citing Japan’s longstanding gambling prohibitions. Bitbank said it would move to suspend any account where deposits or … Read more

The agency that spent the better part of a decade defining crypto policy through enforcement has published a five-year plan describing blockchain as a technology with “the potential to revolutionize America’s financial infrastructure.” The SEC’s draft Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2026 through 2030 dedicates a standalone objective to digital assets and blockchain technology, placing … Read more

Lawmakers are seeking to curb crypto ATM fraud with a bipartisan bill that would set transaction limits, mandate scam warnings, and require transaction records and updated kiosk location records. The proposal follows FBI-cited losses of more than $333 million, with older Americans accounting for most known-age financial losses. Bipartisan Bill Would Set Crypto ATM Limits … Read more

On July 1, 2026, the temporary permission that lets crypto companies keep operating in Europe while they wait for a proper MiCA license runs out, and it creates a huge problem that lands straight on ordinary users. Europe’s crypto law, known as MiCA, requires any exchange, broker, or wallet service that wants EU customers to … Read more

The US government has issued an emergency export control directive forcing artificial intelligence pioneer Anthropic to abruptly suspend global access to its frontier models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5. The sweeping mandate, which cites national security authorities, applies to all foreign nationals both inside and outside the United States, including Anthropic’s own international personnel. The … Read more

Zimbabwe has formalized and legalized its cryptocurrency sector under Statutory Instrument 99 of 2026. Global Compliance Pressure The Zimbabwean government has formalized the country’s cryptocurrency sector under a new regulatory framework aimed at curbing money laundering and bringing the digital asset business out of the shadow economy. The newly gazetted legislation, published as Statutory Instrument … Read more