Crypto Regulation

Singapore is reconsidering a key pillar of its stablecoin policy, opening the door for certain foreign-issued and jointly issued tokens to potentially qualify under its regulatory framework.

Ireland is opening the door to more tax-efficient retail investing — but crypto won’t be getting an invitation.

MAS has proposed new stablecoin rules covering reserve backing, redemption, capital, disclosure and a ban on interest payments, while also considering stress tests and recovery plans for issuers.

Russia’s largest bank, Sber, is preparing to expand its crypto-backed lending to accept Tether’s USDT stablecoin and Ether as collateral alongside Bitcoin — even as the bank questions whether Russia’s own digital ruble has attracted meaningful demand.

Strive, the publicly traded asset manager pursuing an aggressive Bitcoin treasury strategy, has purchased another 1,800 Bitcoin for approximately $143 million, pushing its holdings to 23,156 BTC and vaulting the company into the top five publicly traded corporate Bitcoin holders.

Chelsea Football Club has brought stablecoins onto the Premier League stage, naming Circle, the issuer of USDC, as its new front-of-shirt sponsor just months after the UK’s financial watchdog warned football clubs about “questionable sponsorship deals with unauthorized financial firms,” including crypto companies.

California lawmakers have advanced a bill that could put one of the country’s clearest restrictions on politician-linked memecoins in place, barring public officials and certain government employees from issuing the tokens and restricting digital-asset platforms from listing some of them for California residents.

Sberbank plans to accept Bitcoin, Ether and USDT as loan collateral once Russia’s central bank approves their use in the regulated market.

A Solana-based token called Trump Digital GOLD briefly soared to a multimillion-dollar valuation after appearing on a Trump-linked social media account, only to collapse by roughly 99% as a concentrated group of wallets sold a huge portion of the token supply.

These three actions form a clear regulatory chain: first, sovereign regulatory agencies identify specific legal entities; then, the EU expands its ban on transactions in third countries; and finally, major exchanges translate the sanctions into rules for deposits, withdrawals, and account risk control.