Crypto Regulation

Brazil has passed a law allowing authorities to seize cryptocurrency and other digital assets from organised crime and use them to fund public security. Judges can freeze accounts, block wallets, and redirect funds without waiting for a conviction.

Coinbase is intensifying its opposition to proposed restrictions on stablecoin yields in a US Senate crypto bill, escalating a high-stakes clash between the crypto industry and traditional banking lobbyists.

The UK will ban crypto political donations and limit overseas donations to £100,000 a year. The changes are expected to hit Reform UK the hardest.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has launched an Innovation Task Force to create clearer rules for crypto, AI, and prediction markets. The move, aligned with efforts by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, aims to reduce uncertainty and help firms operate more easily in the US.

Circle has asked the European Commission to lower barriers for crypto firms and make euro stablecoins like EURC easier to use in financial markets. The company wants rules on e-money tokens and blockchain settlement updated so more institutions can participate and liquidity can grow.

The arrest of a fugitive linked to the kidnapping of David Balland marks a key breakthrough in a case that has come to symbolize a broader surge in crypto-related abductions across France.

Haliey Welch, the viral internet personality known as the “Hawk Tuah girl,” says the dramatic rise and collapse of the HAWK memecoin has left her wary of crypto and deeply affected by the backlash that followed.

Bithumb is set to hold a shareholder vote on 31 March to decide whether CEO Lee Jae-won will stay, despite a $43 billion Bitcoin error and a $24 million fine. Regulators are still investigating the glitch and the exchange’s overseas order book dealings.

Political tensions over cryptocurrency regulation are intensifying in South Korea as the country’s main opposition party moves to dismantle a long-delayed tax framework

Japan is doubling down on a single stablecoin bet — and USD Coin is emerging as the clear winner.