Regulations

The list of commentary were endless, but one number explained the urgency better than anything else on how euro stablecoins account for less than 1% of the global stablecoin volume, according to DeFiLlama data despite Euro's commanding role in world trade.

Former Celsius Network CEO Alex Mashinsky has been permanently barred from trading in markets regulated by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), closing one of the agency's final enforcement actions tied to the collapse of the crypto lending platform.

ICE first invested $1 billion into Polymarket back in October 2025, and this latest injection brings its total commitment to nearly $2 billion. Combined with plans to purchase up to $40 million of existing Polymarket shares, ICE has now fulfilled its entire investment agreement with the platform.

MAS found that BSQ had failed to meet its outsourcing guidelines in its arrangements with related entities, a requirement designed to ensure regulated firms don't hollow out their compliance obligations by routing key functions through unmonitored affiliates.

Russia's State Duma cleared its crypto regulation bill on first reading Wednesday 22nd of April 2026, moving the country close to one of the most tightly controlled digital asset regimes in the world.