CFTC Chairman Michael Selig said on October 26 that the agency is developing a voluntary federal registration pathway for crypto exchanges using existing statutory powers, with the proposal still open for public comment.
The CFTC filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah on October 27 against the state and Attorney General Derek Brown, seeking to halt local action against prediction market platform Kalshi.
Binance applied to Brazil's central bank for a crypto license ahead of the October 30 deadline and, as of October 27, removed 22 tokens and restricted eight services including margin trading and lending.
Ireland's central bank fined Coinbase Ireland 3.25 million euros ($3.6 million) over alleged safeguarding and outsourcing failures, including a safeguarding account underfunded by an average of 0.54% in 2023 and the first half of 2024.
Crypto.com and OG.com launched regulated crypto perpetual futures with up to 5x leverage for eligible U.S. traders on October 27, 2026, settling positions three times a day.
Coinbase said an incident at third-party analytics provider Amplitude exposed contact information for a small subset of customers, while its own systems were not breached and funds remain safe.
South Africa's finance minister said the government will revise proposed cross-border crypto regulations after thousands of public comments and industry criticism.
Sen. Cynthia Lummis said Democrats voted against advancing the CLARITY Act after negotiators included fundraising limits the party had requested, with the Senate cloture motion failing 49-50 on September 15.
CoinDCX denied its active wallets were compromised after investigators flagged about $16 million in outflows, saying a temporary failure in its process for moving deposits from retired addresses caused operational losses it absorbed.
A newly formed institute is seeking unified rules for South Korea's expanding crypto market, as reported by Korea JoongAng Daily amid a series of breaches across financial firms.
At the Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit 2026 in Mumbai, crypto executives and an EY India tax partner said India's 1% TDS and unclear rules remain obstacles for digital-asset traders.
Shinhan Card and subsidiaries of SBI Holdings are exploring yen-backed stablecoin payments for Japanese visitors in South Korea and for cross-border trade settlement, with no timeline yet set.
Payments company Wiremit said it became Zimbabwe's first regulated crypto firm under the country's virtual asset service provider framework introduced in June 2026.
Bitcoin rose nearly 2% to just under $81,000 on October 28 ahead of the Federal Reserve's rate decision, while ZEC led major tokens with an 8% gain.
Coinbase has introduced a prediction trading feature letting users take positions on short-term price movements of Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana over timeframes from 15 minutes to daily intervals.
Vault12 says its Vault Guardian Token has never listed on a centralized exchange because exchanges want certainty the SEC will not later challenge a token's exit from securities rules.
Advocacy group Stand With Crypto says consumers submitted 10,092 complaints about bank restrictions on crypto purchases over 90 days between May and August 2026.
BitMine Immersion Technologies disclosed on October 26, 2026 that it purchased another 10,452 ETH, bringing its holdings to 6,051,933 ETH, while US spot Ethereum ETFs recorded about $220.7 million in weekly net outflows.
