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Concerns are mounting that a small number of commissioners could steer US crypto regulation as congressional action on market-structure legislation remains stalled.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed changes to how crypto assets can be custodied in the wake of Congress’s failure last month to pass digital asset legislation.

The SEC just told Ethereum stakers they are not selling securities, but the guidance can vanish without a vote, leaving billions of dollars worth of queued ETH in a regulatory gray zone.

Grayscale says the Federal Reserve’s latest rate hike will not drive major changes in crypto markets. Nor would a second increase this year.

The Congressional Research Service report “Cryptocurrency: Regulatory and Legislative Policy Issues,” dated May 29, finds that cryptocurrency regulation remains divided among agencies, statutes, and shifting administrative interpretations. The market capitalization of cryptocurrencies reached $4 trillion in October 2025 and stood at approximately $2.5 trillion in March 2026, while Bitcoin and Ether together represented roughly 70…

The SEC and CFTC are promising new crypto rules without waiting for Congress, but ChatGPT finds a critical flaw in that plan that could leave XRP exactly where it started.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said it will not require certain software developers to register as introducing brokers if they meet specific conditions. The move stands to reduce regulatory burdens for companies developing crypto trading services.

On September 15, the U.S. Senate blocked the cloture motion to advance the CLARITY Act bill, failing by 49-50 votes. In the hours and days that followed, some of the industry’s biggest names, including Atkins, Selig, Armstrong, Saylor and Garlinghouse,…

In breaking SEC crypto news today, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has granted temporary, conditional relief allowing permissioned Tokenized Securities Venues to trade tokenized U.S. National Market System stocks through on-chain automated market makers and liquidity pools.

Securities regulators in the U.S. say they plan to move forward with regulations to govern cryptocurrencies as the Clarity Act legislation stalls in Congress.