RegulationCLARITY Act Would Place Ethereum Under CFTC Oversight as CommodityThe proposed CLARITY Act would formally classify Ethereum as a digital commodity under CFTC jurisdiction, removing SEC a...May 21, 2026, 05:06 PMEthereumCFTC
RegulationEurope's MiCA Framework Takes Effect Amid Regulatory Fragmentation ConcernsEurope's Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation entered force after years of deliberation, establishing the continent's fir...May 21, 2026, 12:01 PMEuropeMiCA
RegulationExchangesSEC Delays Prediction Market ETF Approvals Pending Public InputThe SEC has postponed rulings on multiple proposed prediction market ETFs while regulators assess how event-based contra...May 21, 2026, 11:04 AMSECPaul Atkins
RegulationExchangesKraken Secures VARA License in UAE to Expand Regional OperationsKraken parent company Payward received preliminary approval from the UAE's Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority for a brok...May 21, 2026, 11:03 AMKrakenPayward
RegulationExchangesUS Treasury Sanctions Sinaloa Cartel-Linked Cash-to-Crypto NetworkThe US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on a cash-to-crypto conversion network alleg...May 21, 2026, 11:01 AMUS TreasuryOFAC
RegulationMacroIran's Cryptocurrency Holdings Valued at $7.7 BillionFox News reported that Iran holds approximately $7.7 billion in cryptocurrency, according to unnamed sources cited in th...May 21, 2026, 10:02 AMIranFox News
RegulationSecurityU.S. Treasury Sanctions Crypto Wallets Tied to Sinaloa Cartel Fentanyl NetworkThe U.S. Treasury announced sanctions Wednesday against two cryptocurrency networks linked to the Sinaloa Cartel for mov...May 21, 2026, 10:01 AMU.S. TreasurySinaloa Cartel
RegulationExchangesEx-Silvergate CRO Questions SEC Settlement Over AML ControlsFormer Silvergate Bank chief risk officer Kate Fraher disputed the SEC's 2024 settlement, arguing regulators failed to p...May 21, 2026, 09:14 AMSilvergate BankKate Fraher
RegulationSecurityChainalysis: Italian Authorities Trace $1.1M Tax Evasion Using Bitcoin OrdinalsChainalysis reported that Italian tax authorities successfully traced a €1.1 million tax evasion case involving Bitcoin ...May 21, 2026, 09:09 AMChainalysisBitcoin
