Roundup
Cryptoassets Monitor — 2026-10-11
Assembled deterministically from our recent research runs and ranked by date and importance.
Previous editions
New or updated since 2026-10-04
New to this edition or changed since the last one.
- 1
US-FLStablecoin Regime2026-10-01
Florida payment-stablecoin licensing and reserve regime (Fla. Stat. s.658.997 / Ch. 658) in force since 1 October 2026.
Also tracked by world-payments:W2
- 2
US-NDStablecoin Regime2026-10-01
Roughrider Coin, North Dakota's first stablecoin, went live Oct 1, 2026: dollar-backed, 1:1-reserved, wholesale/interbank-only, issued by OCC-chartered VersaBank USA, tokenized by Fireblocks on Solana.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5, world-payments:W2
- 3
PKCrypto Licensing2026-09-05
Virtual Assets Act 2026 in force since 5 March 2026; PVARA Services/Activity-Specific Regulations in force 21 August 2026; NOC transitional deadline passed 5 September 2026.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5
- 4
US-MNCrypto Licensing2026-08-01
Kiosk prohibition (SF 3868) and bank custody permission (HF 3709) enacted, effective 2026-08-01.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5, world-payments:W1a
- 5
- 6
US-DECrypto Licensing2026-07-06
SB 18 creates Delaware's first dedicated virtual-currency-business licensing framework, repealing and replacing Title 5 Ch. 23.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5, world-payments:W1a
- 7
BGCrypto Licensing2026-07-01
MiCA transitional period expired 1 July 2026; FSC named six unauthorised crypto websites on 8 October 2026.
- 8
US-TNCrypto Licensing2026-07-01
Virtual currency kiosk ban upheld against emergency injunction bid; TDFI maintains pure virtual-currency transmission is outside MTL scope.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5, world-payments:W1a
- 9
US-AKCrypto Licensing2026-06-30
SB86 (Ch. 48 SLA 2026) replaces a prior administrative-code gloss with an express statutory money-transmission licensing perimeter for virtual-currency business activity.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5, world-payments:W1a
- 10
US-WVCrypto Licensing2026-03-14
HB 5353 brings virtual-currency kiosk operation within the money-transmission licensure regime.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5
- 11
CYCrypto Licensing2026-02-27
MiCA Art 143(3) transitional regime expired 1 July 2026.
- 12
BECrypto Licensing2026-01-03
No CASP yet authorised by FSMA; six unauthorised firms added to fraud list 6 July 2026.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5, world-payments:W2
- 13
US-MACrypto Licensing2025-11-07
Transition deadline 2026-07-01 passed; Cease Directive enforcement observed.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D7, world-payments:W1a
- 14
US-IDCrypto Licensingdate pending
Two Department of Finance MTL orders (Rockwallet, PayKES) plus enactment of the DLT Act.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D7, world-payments:W1a
- 15
CA-ABCrypto Licensing2026-10-11
CIRO Digital Asset Custody Framework (eff. 3 Feb 2026) layers tiered capital/custody/insurance rules on top of existing CSA-coordinated dealer/marketplace registration.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5
- 16
- 17
- 18
DKCrypto Licensing2026-06-30
MiCA transitional window closed 30 June 2026; seven CASPs authorised; one refusal (Kittrow Finance ApS) on record.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5
- 19
- 20
LICrypto Licensingdate pending
TVTG-to-MiCAR transitional registrations for MiCAR-scoped activities expired 1-2 July 2026.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5
- 21
- 22
GHCrypto Licensing2025-12-30
Act 1154 in force but not fully operational; registration notice and sandbox growth to 20 entities.
- 23
BRCross-Border Transfer2026-10-01
COAF self-custody reporting threshold (US$10,000+, Resolução 588/2026) and the US$100,000/US$500,000 per-operation FX caps under the 519-521 package now interact with the new eFX settlement ban.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5
- 24
- 25
CRCross-Border Transfer2026-06-19
Ley 10961 imposes travel-rule-style obligations on VASP cross-border transfers, including a USD 10,000 transaction-registration threshold.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5, world-payments:W2
- 26
CA-ONConsumer Protection2026-02-03
CIRO Digital Asset Custody Framework in force, tiered custody caps for CTP dealer members
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5
- 27
US-ARCrypto Licensing2026-10-08
Arkansas Securities Department co-led a 34-state BSA/AML settlement against licensed kiosk operator Coinme.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5
- 28
US-WACrypto Licensing2026-10-07
34-regulator multi-state consent order against Coinme, Inc. under the general money-transmitter statute (RCW 19.230).
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5, world-payments:W1a
- 29
USStablecoin Regime2026-10-01
Florida payment-stablecoin regime (Fla. Stat. 658.997) took effect 1 October 2026.
Also tracked by world-payments:W2
- 30
AUCrypto Licensing2026-09-02
ASIC digital-asset no-action deadline (30 Sept 2026) reached; firms without a licence application/variation risk operating in breach.
Also tracked by world-payments:W1a
- 31
US-SDCrypto Licensing2026-07-01
SB 98 kiosk licensing/AML statute in force 2026-07-01.
- 32
NLCross-Border Transfer2026-01-29
Russia added to EU high-risk third-country list; DNB/AFM sanctions-screening alert.
- 33
GGCrypto Licensing2026-10-01
LCF Amendment Rules, 2026 remove the blanket separate Part III VASP-licence requirement, effective 1 Oct 2026.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5, world-payments:W1a
- 34
- 35
- 36
MTCrypto Licensingdate pending
MiCA/VFA transition completed 3 July 2026; ESMA peer review flags partial CASP-authorisation gaps.
- 37
- 38
ZACross-Border Transfer2026-06-01
Mangundhla v SARB (1 June 2026) found Bitcoin is money and capital for exchange-control purposes, conflicting with the SARB/FSCA payments-law classification; draft Capital Flow Management Regulations and Crypto Asset Manual remain in consultation.
Also tracked by world-payments:W7
- 39
LATAMCrypto Licensing2026-02-02
Brazil BCB VASP authorisation deadline and Argentina CNV substantive-review standard are this cycle's material national developments; no bloc-wide regime exists.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5
- 40
CA-BCCrypto Licensing2026-03-02
Standing BCSC/CSA registration regime confirmed; restricted-dealer-to-full-dealer transition ongoing.
- 41
IECrypto Licensing2026-02-25
MiCA transitional end-date corrected to 31 December 2025; Minimum Competency Regulations extended to MiCA services from 28 July 2026.
Also tracked by world-payments:W1a
- 42
PWStablecoin Regime2026-02-16
IMF's Feb 2026 paper provides first detailed primary-source analysis of the Draft Digital Payment System Bill's reserve-asset, custodian-bank and prudential gaps.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5, world-payments:W2
- 43
US-LACrypto Licensing2026-08-01
VCBA sunset repealed (Act 923/SB 163) and kiosk-reporting tightened (SB 287), both effective 1 Aug 2026.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5
- 44
US-SDConsumer Protection2026-07-01
SB 98 adds disclosure, transaction-cap and fraud-prevention duties for kiosk operators.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5
- 45
COConsumer Protection2026-06-18
SIC finalised the permanent Worldcoin/World shutdown (18 June 2026), a biometric data-protection action with a crypto-adjacent business model.
Also tracked by data-protection:algorithmic_biometric_and_surveillance_governance
- 46
US-NECross-Border Transfer2026-04-14
LB838's 25% excise tax on remittance transfers to foreign-adversary-country residents applies to MTL licensees including crypto-kiosk operators.
- 47
US-MECommercial Activity2026-01-05
Bitcoin Depot granted Maine MTL licence as part of $1.9M consent-agreement settlement, effective 2026-01-05.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5
- 48
US-KSCrypto Licensing2026-07-01
VCKCPA brings kiosk operators within MTL licensing.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5, world-payments:W1a
- 49
US-WICrypto Licensing2026-04-10
Kiosk-specific sub-regime under Wis. Stat. 217.12.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5, world-payments:W1a
- 50
SKCrypto Licensing2026-03-01
National MiCA CASP regime fully operational; legacy VASP transition closed; mandatory cybersecurity audit added.
- 51
- 52
- 53
MHStablecoin Regime2025-11-01
USDM1 issued directly by RMI government, supervised by MIMA per issuer's own disclosure; no published reserve/redemption/disclosure rulebook located.
Also tracked by world-payments:W2
- 54
- 55
- 56
- 57
- 58
- 59
- 60
UYCrypto Licensing2026-07-16
Definitive PSAV authorisation regime finalised via Circular N° 2507 (16/07/2026).
- 61
- 62
- 63
- 64
US-VACrypto Licensing2026-07-01
General MTL regime (Ch.19.1) applies by extension; VC-only businesses carved out; standalone kiosk licence pending 2027.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5, world-payments:W2
- 65
US-MNConsumer Protection2026-01-01
Existing disclosure rules (Minn. Rules 2675.8500/.8510) and new kiosk prohibition address elder-fraud exposure.
- 66
SGStablecoin Regime2026-09-01
CP P015-2026 (1 Sep-16 Oct 2026) proposes statutory reserve/redemption/capital/interest-ban duties and a new systemic-designation Gazette-order power reaching coins issued anywhere.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5, world-payments:W2
- 67
US-DEStablecoin Regime2026-07-06
SB 19 establishes Delaware's first state stablecoin-issuer licensing and prudential regime, aligned with the federal GENIUS Act.
- 68
UKStablecoin Regime2026-06-30
Stablecoin issuer authorisation gateway opened 30 Sept 2026.
- 69
CA-ONStablecoin Regime2026-03-26
Federal Stablecoin Act enacted (Royal Assent 26 Mar 2026), not yet operative
Also tracked by world-payments:W2
- 70
UKCrypto Licensing2026-02-04
FCA authorisation gateway opened 30 Sept 2026; substantive commencement deferred to 25 Oct 2027.
- 71
US-NHCrypto Licensingdate pending
HB 639 node-operator exemption and standing BAM Trading enforcement proceeding carried forward.
- 72
US-KYCross-Border Transfer2026-06-12
HB904/HB757 prediction-market contracting ban and 14.25% excise tax remain under active legal challenge.
- 73
ESCrypto Licensing2026-07-22
MiCA transitional period ended 30 June 2026; ESMA calls for orderly wind-down of unauthorised CASPs.
Also tracked by world-payments:W2
- 74
SECrypto Licensing2026-07-01
Sweden's MiCA transitional window closed 1 July 2026; Safello sole authorised CASP, Goobit/BTCX rejected, Trijo rejected and appealing.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5
- 75
RWCrypto Licensing2026-05-28
Law No. 023/2026 in force; CMA-led licensing gateway; secondary regulations pending.
- 76
- 77
INCross-Border Transfer2026-01-08
Travel-rule guidelines updated 8 January 2026 remain the binding standard this cycle.
- 78
US-OKCrypto Licensingdate pending
HB 3521 recodifies state money-transmitter law and captures stablecoin transmission, effective Nov 1, 2026.
- 79
US-UTToken Classification2026-03-19
SB 298 defines/excludes programmable money from UCC money definition without classifying tokens as securities/e-money/stablecoin.
Also tracked by world-payments:W2
- 80
- 81
- 82
US-LAConsumer Protection2026-08-01
SB 287 kiosk-reporting and disclosure amendments effective 1 Aug 2026.
- 83
US-CACrypto Licensing2026-07-01
DFAL licensing fully operative 1 July 2026; DFPI consent order against Hermes Bitcoin kiosk operator (May 2026).
- 84
US-KSConsumer Protection2026-07-01
New kiosk disclosure, fee-cap and anti-fraud identity provisions in force.
- 85
US-WIConsumer Protection2026-04-10
New kiosk fraud-warning and refund-right provisions.
- 86
- 87
JPToken Classificationdate pending
New functional three-way split between PSA crypto-assets, PSA Electronic Payment Instruments, and FIEA specified crypto-assets.
- 88
US-ALCrypto Licensingdate pending
Two new ASC-enforced crypto statutes (stablecoin licence, kiosk compliance regime) layer onto the general Monetary Transmission Act.
- 89
CA-QCToken Classification2026-08-27
CSA/CIRO clarified sports/entertainment event contracts are not securities/derivatives (Aug 27, 2026).
- 90
- 91
PEAML/CFT Regime2026-07-22
SBS Resolution No. 01917-2026 postpones Travel Rule chapter commencement (SBS Res. 02648-2024 Ch. VIII) to 1 January 2029. Supplied by financial-integrity; no first-party crypto analysis beyond carrying the finding.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D7, world-payments:W11
- 92
- 93
MHCross-Border Transfer2026-10-08
General sanctions-nexus exposure evidenced via OFAC designation of MH-registered entities (not crypto-specific).
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D1
- 94
TWToken Classification2026-06-30
VASA imposes fiat-peg, no-algorithmic, full-reserve test for domestic stablecoins once in force.
- 95
- 96
KHCrypto Licensingdate pending
Huione Pay licence revocation (Dec 2025) and uncertainty over CASP-procedure sub-regulation issuance remain standing.
- 97
MOCrypto Licensing2026-10-04
No VASP licensing regime exists; TUI reaffirmed the crypto-dealing prohibition via 'economic public order' doctrine (reported 4 Oct 2026).
Also tracked by world-payments:W2
- 98
- 99
US-MIConsumer Protection2026-10-10
MGCB/Coinbase stipulation to halt sports-related event contracts by 10 October 2026
Also tracked by advennt:enforcement
- 100
CLStablecoin Regimedate pending
BCCh confirmed a first public-consultation proposal on stablecoin issuance/payment-function planned for end-2026, definitive regulation targeted 2027.
Also tracked by world-payments:W2
Regulatory horizon
- AECMA transitional migration deadline for entities under former SCA regime2027-01-01year
- AFRNigeria SEC tiered stablecoin reserve requirements finalisation2026-Q4half year
- AFRNigeria digital-asset exchange/custodian capital compliance deadline2027-06-30year
- AFRGhana VASP full operationalisation2027-Q1multi year
- AGAEOI Amendment Bill 2026 (CARF crypto-asset reporting)2027year
- APACHong Kong virtual-asset licensing amendment bill (custody/advisory/asset-management)2026-Q4quarter
- BRPSAV authorisation deadline (BR VASP market-access cliff)2026-10-30quarter
- BRCVM tokenization/DLT rulemaking expected from 20272027year
- BZFinancial Services Commission (Amendment) Act, 2026 commencement2027-Q1half year
- BZDigital Assets Bill, 2026 public consultation2027-Q1half year
- CA-BCProposed federal stablecoin-issuer legislation (Fall 2025 Budget)2026-Q4multi year
- CA-ONStablecoin Act implementing regulations2027-Q1year
- CA-QCStablecoin Act substituted-compliance arrangement with AMF Quebec2027-Q1half year
- CHFinIA reform: Payment Instrument Institution and Crypto-Institution licences2027multi year
- CHCARF automatic crypto-asset information exchange effective2027-01-01quarter
- CLBCCh stablecoin consultation expected2026-Q4half year
- CMHarmonised CEMAC crypto-asset regulatory framework expected2026-Q4half year
- CRCONASSIF implementing regulation for VASP AML regime finalisation2026-Q4quarter
- DOPending Dominican crypto regulatory bills (De Pérez / Frías)2027multi year
- GGGFSC licensed stablecoin regime feedback and rules2026-Q4quarter
- GG-ALDGFSC dedicated stablecoin regulatory framework expected2026-Q4half year
- GHAct 1154 full VASP licensing operationalisation2027-Q1year
- GRDraft crypto capital-gains tax bill: consultation close2026-10-22quarter
- GRGreek crypto-tax bill: targeted parliamentary vote2026-11quarter
- HKAMLO amendment bill: VA dealing, custody, advisory and management licensing2026-Q4quarter
- HUHungary MiCA national transition deadline (already passed, standing fact)closed 2025-07-01quarter
- IDOJK draft Tokenised Asset Offerings Regulation and stablecoin framework2027-Q2multi year
- JEFirst CARF report due to Revenue Jersey2027-06-30quarter
- JPFIEA 'specified crypto-asset' regime commencement2027-Q2half year
- JPProposed flat 20% crypto capital-gains tax rate2028multi year
- KEVASP Act 2025 transitional compliance deadline2026-11-04quarter
- KEDigital Asset Tax repeal advocacy outcome expected2026-Q4half year
- KRToken securities subordinate-regulation amendments in force2027-02-04quarter
- KZNational Bank/ARDFM draft DFA-issuance resolution consultation2026-Q4quarter
- LABOL card-payment-block notice scope resolution (Bitqik/LDX)2026-Q4quarter
- LATAMBrazil BCB VASP authorisation deadline2026-10-30quarter
- LUMiCA VASP-to-CASP grandfathering transition closedclosed 2026-07-01quarter
- LVMiCA EU-wide transitional backstop (already passed for Latvia nationally)closed 2026-07-01quarter
- MADraft Bill 42.25 parliamentary submission2027-Q1year
- MHMIMA rulebook for USDM1 reserve/redemption/disclosure2026-Q4half year
- MOMacau AML-overhaul draft creates first VASP licensing gateway2027multi year
- MTMFSA current list of granted MiCA CASP authorisations awaited2026-Q4half year
- MXPossible Mexican stablecoin framework discussion (informal, unintroduced)2026-Q4multi year
- MYDAX operator transitional capital/shareholding deadline2028-05-20multi year
- NGSEC proposed digital-asset rules expected adoption2027-Q1half year
- NONorway CASP transition deadline expiryclosed 2026-06-30quarter
- NPNRB Act Third Amendment Bill 2083 (CBDC legal tender) parliamentary progress2026-Q4year
- PAAnteproyecto de Ley 314 (comprehensive VASP/CASP/PSP/EMI licensing bill)2027-Q1multi year
- PEPeru Travel Rule chapter commencement (deferred)2029-01-01year
- PKPVARA licence grants/enforcement outcomes post-NOC deadline2026-Q4half year
- PTFurther PT full CASP authorisations expected beyond Bison Bank2026-Q4quarter
- PWFIU AML/CFT Regulation 03 (VASPs and MVTS)2026-Q4half year
- PWDraft Digital Payment System Bill enactment2027multi year
- RORomania MiCA implementing emergency ordinance adoption2026-Q4quarter
- RU282-FZ full licensing and enforcement regime for crypto-market participants2027-07-01half year
- RURosfinmonitoring RUB 60,000 crypto-transaction reporting threshold2027-Q1half year
- RWCMA secondary VASP licensing regulations expected2027-Q1half year
- SGMAS CP P015-2026 stablecoin consultation closes2026-10-16quarter
- SNWAEMU crypto-asset regulation (C-CRYPTO committee) remains in preparation2027multi year
- SNBCEAO e-money backing-asset rule amendment takes effect2026-11-02quarter
- THSEC digital-asset Travel Rule takes effect2027-02-27quarter
- THSame-owner stablecoin transfer restriction - final rule expected2026-Q4quarter
- TNDraft Code des Changes crypto declaration/repatriation regime2027-Q1multi year
- TRCrypto-income withholding tax reform (revised version pending)2027-Q1year
- TWVASA subordinate regulations and commencement2027-Q1quarter
- TWCross-border Travel Rule extension2027-Q4half year
- UADraft Law No. 10225-d second reading2027-Q1year
- UGUganda six-pillar virtual-asset regulatory framework2027multi year
- UKSubstantive UK crypto authorisation regime commences2027-10-25year
- UKStablecoin issuer applications window closes2027-02-28quarter
- USFlorida stablecoin issuer federal-oversight transition trigger2027-Q4multi year
- US-AKSB86 money-transmission licensee transition deadline2028-07-01year
- US-ALAL stablecoin offer/sale restriction to non-permitted issuers begins2028-07-18multi year
- US-AZSCR1003 property-tax exemption ballot measure vote2026-11quarter
- US-CADFPI implementing guidance on post-SB 97 stablecoin treatment2026-Q4half year
- US-DEDelaware SB18/SB19 implementing regulations due2028-01-06year
- US-DEDelaware SB18/SB19 licensure required2027-07-06quarter
- US-FLFlorida stablecoin issuer transition to federal oversight at $10bn issuance2027-Q4multi year
- US-HIDigital Asset Charter Act (SB2757) effective date deferred to 20502050-07-01multi year
- US-IDReintroduction of kiosk-fraud/AML bill expected in 2027 session2027-Q1year
- US-ILDACPA/DAKA implementing rules JCAR hearing2026-10-20quarter
- US-ILDACPA registration requirement commences2027-07-01year
- US-KSKansas kiosk incumbent-operator 60-day licensing deadline2026-Q3quarter
- US-KYSB189 kiosk licensing regime becomes fully operative2027-04-30quarter
- US-KYHB757 prediction-market excise tax takes effect2027-01-01quarter
- US-MIMoney Transmission Modernization Act replacing 2006 PA 2502027-07-01year
- US-MOGENIUS Act general effective date2027-01-18quarter
- US-MOGENIUS Act payment-stablecoin exclusivity provision takes effect2028-07-18multi year
- US-MTMontana crypto-kiosk policy options under Task Force consideration2027-Q1half year
- US-NCNCCOB kiosk implementing-rule comment window closes2026-11-15quarter
- US-NCSL 2026-45 kiosk licensing and consumer-protection regime takes effect2027-01-01quarter
- US-NDGENIUS Act state/federal 'substantial similarity' implementing rules finalization2026-Q4half year
- US-NHSB 482 digital-asset kiosk restrictions take effect2026-12-16quarter
- US-NYProposed 23 NYCRR Part 202 stablecoin rule effective2026-Q4half year
- US-OHHB 648 digital-asset kiosk MTL registration2027-Q1half year
- US-OHHB 116 Blockchain Basics Act MTL exemptions2027-Q1half year
- US-OKOklahoma Money Transmission Modernization Act (HB 3521) effective2026-11-01quarter
- US-TNUCC controllable-electronic-records transition adjustment date2027-07-01year
- US-TXTexas GENIUS Act state-certification framework for payment-stablecoin issuers2027-Q2year
- US-UTSB 298 Programmable Money Amendments take effect2027-05-05quarter
- US-UTHB 141 international money transmission tax enactment status pending2026-Q4half year
- US-VAVirginia Virtual Currency Kiosk License effective2027-07-01quarter
- US-WVWV virtual-currency kiosk incumbent-operator 90-day licensure window2026-Q2quarter
- US-WYModel Money Transmission Modernization Act (27LSO-0137) carried to November 20262026-Q4half year
- UYPSAV transitional registration window closes2027-03-31quarter
- UYPSAV general compliance deadline2027-06-30quarter
- VEOFAC GL 60 earthquake-relief licence expiry/renewal decision2026-10-23quarter
- VNVietnam crypto pilot five-year window concludes2030-09multi year
- ZASARB Authorisation Framework / Capital Flow Management Regulations outcome expected2026-Q4quarter
- ZAIFWG rand-pegged stablecoin policy report expected2026-Q4half year