Roundup
Cryptoassets Monitor — 2026-10-25
Assembled deterministically from our recent research runs and ranked by date and importance.
New or updated since 2026-10-18
New to this edition or changed since the last one.
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CA-BCStablecoin Regime2026-10-24
Proposed Stablecoin Regulations published in Canada Gazette (24 Oct 2026); 60-day consultation; fall-2027 in-force target.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5
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US-ILCrypto Licensing2026-10-20
DACPA/DAKA rules reached JCAR Second Notice hearing.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5
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US-DECrypto Licensing2026-07-06
SB18 replaces Sale of Checks Act with virtual-currency money-transmission licensing.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D7
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US-GACrypto Licensing2026-05-11
Coinme multistate Consent Order (Oct 7, 2026) and continued enforcement against unlicensed kiosk operators; new Payment Stablecoin Act (HB 1272) pending.
Also tracked by world-payments:W2
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US-FLCrypto Licensing2026-06-29
Two new crypto-specific licensing sub-regimes enacted: payment-stablecoin issuer license (effective Oct 1, 2026) and virtual-currency-kiosk registration (effective Jan 1, 2027).
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5, world-payments:W2
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USStablecoin Regime2026-10-21
OCC finalized its GENIUS Act implementing rule (21 Oct 2026, effective 18 Jan 2027); Federal Reserve companion rules remain proposed (comments due 30 Nov 2026); Treasury Section 3 NPRM comment window closed 19 Oct 2026.
Also tracked by world-payments:W2
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US-NHCrypto Licensing2026-08-18
HB 639 and HB 1207 both materially amended the licensing/examination landscape.
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GHCrypto Licensing2026-10-13
BoG reissued mandatory VASP registration 13 Oct 2026; full licensing targeted for 2027.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5, world-payments:W2
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US-AKCrypto Licensing2026-10-07
SB 249 kiosk licensing in force 2026-10-01; SB 86 enacted; Coinme consent order evidences active enforcement.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5
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US-COCrypto Licensing2026-10-07
Coinme multistate consent order
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5, world-payments:W1a
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US-OHStablecoin Regime2026-10-21
OCC finalized its GENIUS Act implementing rule on Oct 21, 2026, effective Jan 18, 2027, for OCC-supervised issuers (including Ohio-chartered national banks); AML/sanctions treatment deferred to Treasury.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5, world-payments:W2
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US-NCCrypto Licensing2026-07-08
New Article 26 kiosk-specific licensing perimeter enacted; implementing rulemaking opened.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5, world-payments:W2
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ISCrypto Licensing2026-01-01
Myntkaup ehf authorised as CASP 25 June 2026; CASP regime in force from 1 July 2026.
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VUCross-Border Transferdate pending
VASP compliance with the FATF Recommendation 16 travel rule for virtual-asset transfers
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UYCrypto Licensing2026-07-16
Circular BCU N.2507 formalises definitive PSAV regime.
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US-ARCrypto Licensingdate pending
34-state BSA/AML consent order against Coinme; general MTL regime covers crypto kiosks/exchanges.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D7
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US-KSConsumer Protection2026-07-01
Every virtual-currency kiosk operator must use blockchain-analytics software to screen against wallets known to be affiliated with fraudulent activity at time of transaction, and must maintain a written enhanced-due-diligence policy reviewed and approved by its board or…
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5
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US-WACrypto Licensing2026-10-08
WA DFI multistate consent order against crypto-kiosk operator Coinme.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5, world-payments:W1a
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CA-ONStablecoin Regime2026-10-24
Proposed Stablecoin Regulations published 2026-10-24.
Also tracked by world-payments:W2
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AECrypto Licensing2026-10-22
Bybit Fintech FZE granted VARA VASP licence for exchange services (spot trading).
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CAStablecoin Regime2026-10-24
Draft Stablecoin Regulations published 24 Oct 2026 under the Stablecoin Act; consultation to 23 Dec 2026, in-force target fall 2027.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5, world-payments:W2
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RUCrypto Licensing2026-10-15
282-FZ licensing window opened 5 Oct 2026; 17 firms registered by 22 Oct including Sberbank and VTB. Full compliance deadline 2027/2028.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5
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US-NYStablecoin Regime2026-10-25
a16z pressing NYDFS to withdraw/rewrite proposed Part 202 pending final federal GENIUS Act standards.
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ATCrypto Licensing2026-10-13
BingX EU granted MiCA CASP authorisation 13 Oct 2026.
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SEConsumer Protection2026-10-06
FI warned 30 new unauthorised actors, 227 year-to-date.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5
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CZCrypto Licensing2026-07-01
Post-transition supervision update; 11 CASPs authorised, 5 applications pending.
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GRCrypto Licensing2025-12-31
First four Greek MiCA CASP authorisations registered 24 Sept 2026; Binance withdrawal disputed.
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US-MIConsumer Protectiondate pending
pre-transaction disclosure, fraud warning, post-transaction receipts, quarterly DIFS location reporting
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COCrypto Licensingdate pending
Draft Estatuto Antiterrorista proposes first crypto-asset licensing requirement; no comprehensive statute in force.
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PLCrypto Licensing2026-07-01
No domestic CASP authorisation route; MiCA Art 143(3) transitional period ended 1 July 2026; Sejm override failed 4 Sept 2026; fourth bill before Sejm.
Also tracked by world-payments:W2
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US-SDConsumer Protection2026-06-01
SB 98 requires exchange-rate and fee disclosures on kiosk receipts.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5
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US-MOCross-Border Transfer2026-08-28
New foreign-remittance verification requirement effective 2026-08-28.
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US-NECross-Border Transfer2026-04-14
LB838's 25% remittance excise tax, applicability to crypto-kiosk transfers unconfirmed.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D1, world-payments:W1a
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US-HICrypto Licensing2026-10-01
No state licence required for crypto exchange/custody since 2024; a narrow kiosk ban (Act 224) now applies; charter bill SB2757 died.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5, world-payments:W2
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ROCross-Border Transferdate pending
No passporting-out route from Romania since no authorisation can be granted; wind-down obligation applies to unauthorised providers.
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US-IAStablecoin Regime2026-10-24
OCC finalised its rule implementing the GENIUS Act on 2026-10-24.
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KZStablecoin Regime2026-05-01
NBK-Tether-Alatau exploratory MoU on tenge-pegged stablecoin and tokenisation, 7 October 2026.
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ECCrypto Licensing2026-10-19
First Virtual Assets bill qualified for legislative processing; no licensing gateway exists today.
Also tracked by world-payments:W2
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MTCrypto Licensing2026-07-03
VFA Act repeal (3 July 2026) completed the MiCA transition; MiCA/Chapter 647 is now the sole domestic framework.
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PTCrypto Licensing2026-07-01
Transitional regime ended 1 July 2026; only one CASP authorisation recorded via ESMA's interim register.
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CA-ABStablecoin Regimedate pending
Reserve assets must have a market value at least equal to stablecoins outstanding at the end of every day and must be held with a qualified Canadian custodian, segregated from the issuer's own assets
Also tracked by world-payments:W2
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CA-QCStablecoin Regime2026-05-21
AMF capital and liquidity guidelines for crypto-asset exposures held by regulated deposit institutions and insurers entered into force 1 July 2026.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5
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CHCross-Border Transfer2026-01-01
CARF domestic law in force from 1 Jan 2026; practical cross-border exchange delayed to at least 2027.
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KMCrypto Licensingdate pending
Comoros government escalates to UK cooperation request over Anjouan network's disputed crypto-adjacent authorisations.
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PECross-Border Transfer2026-08-01
FATF Travel Rule for PSAV entered into force 1 August 2026.
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KHCrypto Licensing2026-09-30
NBC-SERC joint licensing/reporting framework launched (Sept 2026); comprehensive draft law targeted November 2026.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5, world-payments:W2
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LKCrypto Licensingdate pending
Policy framework naming SEC as lead regulator for virtual assets and VASPs, with joint oversight by CBSL, FIU and Inland Revenue; no statute yet exists.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5
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AGTax Treatment2026-10-12
AEOI (Amendment) Bill 2026 would broaden CRS reporting scope to e-money/CBDC ahead of a 2027 international compliance evaluation.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5, world-payments:W11
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HRCommercial Activity2026-04-23
WHITE TECH, Electrocoin, Digital Assets all authorised Apr-Jun 2026.
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PHCommercial Activity2026-10-20
Mynt Inc. (GCash parent) completed the Philippines' largest-ever IPO on the PSE on 20 October 2026, materially relevant to the crypto-adjacent commercial landscape given GCash's crypto on-ramp (GCrypto via licensed VASP PDAX).
Also tracked by world-payments:W13
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AFRToken Classificationdate pending
Kenya's VASP Act 2025 classifies fiat-referenced tokens as CBK-licensed stablecoins, while Mauritius's VAITOS 2021 excludes fiat-representation tokens from its virtual-asset definition, routing them to the Bank of Mauritius's e-money regime instead — a direct cross-member…
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SKCommercial Activity2025-12-19
NBS authorised Fintegence s.r.o. (trading as Cryptovoucher/Cryptosmart) as a MiCA CASP on 18-19 December 2025
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ESCrypto Licensing2026-10-17
CNMV public warning against unlicensed CASPs (GDLP and three other platforms) soliciting Spanish investors.
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US-SCStablecoin Regime2026-05-19
accepting payment using, or participating in any test/pilot of, a CBDC issued by the Federal Reserve or any other federal agency
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BGCommercial Activity2026-10-12
Fibank x Bitpanda bank-distributed CASP partnership, first such arrangement in Bulgaria.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D8, world-payments:W13
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VECommercial Activity2026-10-15
Binance announced on 15 October 2026 that it enabled direct bolívar deposits via bank transfer and Pago Móvil for Venezuelan users, processed by Casa de Cambios Insular, S.A., to fund stablecoin purchases; withdrawal back to bolívares announced as forthcoming at a 0.3% fee…
Also tracked by world-payments:W13
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PACross-Border Transfer2025-12-01
Panama signed the OECD's CARF Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement in December 2025, ahead of domestic VASP licensing.
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JPCommercial Activity2026-10-01
SBI Holdings completed acquisition of Bitbank on 1 October 2026, creating Japan's largest regulated crypto-exchange group by AUM.
Also tracked by world-payments:W13
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MHCommercial Activity2026-10-23
First institutional repo on Stellar using USDM1 as collateral, completed by Ascend Markets and M1X Global on 23 Oct 2026.
Also tracked by financial-integrity:D5, world-payments:W13
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INCommercial Activity2026-10-19
Saber Money (operator of Indian crypto exchange Mudrex) received undisclosed strategic investment from Tether and CMCC Global's Titan Fund, announced 14-19 Oct 2026.
Also tracked by world-payments:W13
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ARStablecoin Regime2026-10-12
No dedicated stablecoin-issuance regime; BCRA restates it will not integrate crypto into banking near-term.
Also tracked by world-payments:W2
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US-NDStablecoin Regime2026-10-01
Bank of North Dakota's Roughrider Coin launched; no bespoke NDDFI guidance located.
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Still developing
Carried from earlier editions, unchanged.
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HKCommercial Activity2026-04-10
HSBC and Anchorpoint licensed as HK's first stablecoin issuers, targeting H2-2026 launches.
Regulatory horizon
- AGAEOI (Amendment) Bill 2026 — CRS scope extension to e-money/CBDC2027-Q1half year
- ARCNV GR 1172/2026 commencement for PSAV registration duty2026-11-01quarter
- AUASIC CP 392 consultation closes2026-11-27quarter
- AUDigital asset platform / tokenised custody platform regime commences2027-04-08quarter
- AUCrypto-Asset Reporting Framework consultation closes2026-10-28quarter
- AUCrypto-Asset Reporting Framework application begins2027-07-01half year
- BEFSMA/ESMA MiCA CASP authorisation count reconciliation2026-Q4half year
- BRVASP first-phase authorisation filing deadline2026-10-30quarter
- BRVASP wind-down deadline for non-filers2026-11-29quarter
- BRBCB counterparty-authorisation restriction takes effect2026-11-06quarter
- BZFinancial Services Commission (Amendment) Act, 2026 commencement / DASP Regulations sunset2027-Q1year
- BZDigital Assets Bill, 2026 consultation closeclosed 2026-09-08quarter
- CA-ABDraft Stablecoin Regulations comment period closes2026-12-23quarter
- CA-ABStablecoin Regulations targeted in-force date2027-Q3half year
- CA-BCStablecoin Regulations comment period closes2026-12-23quarter
- CA-BCStablecoin Act / Regulations expected in force2027-Q4half year
- CA-ONStablecoin Regulations consultation closes2026-12-23quarter
- CHSwiss FinIA Payment Instrument Institution / Crypto-Institution licences entry into force2027multi year
- CHSwiss cross-border automatic CARF crypto tax data exchange begins2027year
- CLBCCh stablecoin regulatory proposal public consultation expected2026-Q4half year
- CMPublication of CEMAC sub-regional crypto-asset regulatory framework2026-Q4half year
- COEstatuto Antiterrorista crypto-licensing clause expected to enter formal legislative process2026-Q4half year
- CRSUGEF 13-19 VASP AML amendment expected adoption2026-Q4quarter
- CWCGA crypto-payment compliance deadline for B2C gambling licensees2027-Q2half year
- DEMiCA review: ESMA supervisory-scope narrowing and DeFi-liability proposal2026-Q4half year
- ECProyecto de Ley Orgánica de Activos Virtuales — committee stage2027multi year
- GGGFSC stablecoin feedback and rules expected2026-Q4quarter
- GG-ALDGFSC stablecoin feedback and rules expected Autumn 20262026-Q4quarter
- GHVASP Act 1154 full licensing operationalisation2027-Q1year
- GIProtected Cell Companies (Amendment) Bill 2026 passage2026-Q4multi year
- GRGreek crypto capital-gains tax bill expected before Parliament2026-11quarter
- HKAMLO VA dealer/custodian/advisory/management licensing bill introduction2026-Q4quarter
- IDOJK targets stablecoin framework completion2027-Q1half year
- IDCrypto exchange system-control and customer-fund transitional deadline2026-11-10quarter
- JECARF Reporting Crypto-Asset Service Provider regulations pending enactment2027multi year
- JPFIEA crypto-asset provisions (Act No. 64/2026) commencement2027-Q2year
- JPFlat ~20% separate-taxation rate for specified crypto-assets commencement2028-Q1multi year
- KHDraft Law on the Management of Virtual Assets and Digital Assets final draft2026-Q4quarter
- KRDigital Asset Basic Act (Phase 2) expected National Assembly submission2026-11quarter
- LKVASP regulatory framework and SEC Act amendment expected to reach drafted bill stage2027-Q2multi year
- LTEBA No-Action Letter payment-institution authorisation deadlineclosed 2026-03-01quarter
- MADraft Law n42-25 adoption via Conseil de gouvernement2027multi year
- MOMacau AML bill: VASP licensing and authorisation gateway2027-Q1half year
- MYDAX operator capital-floor transition deadline2028-05-20multi year
- NOMiCA transitional period ended for Norwegian CASPsclosed 2026-07-01quarter
- PAAnteproyecto de Ley N.314 fintech/VASP framework2027-Q1year
- PHBSP OPS freeze / VASP-adjacent merchant reclassification finalisation2026-Q4half year
- PKPVARA expected to issue first full (non-NOC) VASP licences2026-Q4quarter
- PLFourth Crypto-Asset Market Act draft before Sejm2027-Q1multi year
- PWDraft Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) legislation2027-Q1multi year
- QADraft Real Estate Tokenisation Law enactment2027year
- RODraft MiCA implementing ordinance designating ASF and BNR2027-Q1multi year
- RU282-FZ full compliance deadline for OIS-registry platforms2028-09year
- RUDirect P2P crypto-trading ban2027-07-01quarter
- RWCMA implementing regulations for VASP licensing finalised2026-Q4quarter
- SEGreenMerc transitional licence arrangement review point2026-Q4half year
- SGMAS stablecoin-legislation implementation date not yet set2027-Q1half year
- SIResolution of Slovenia crypto-disposal profit-tax enactment status2026-Q4quarter
- THBOT baht-stablecoin rule finalisation2027-Q1half year
- TNDraft Tunisian Foreign Exchange Code reform (potential conditional crypto licensing route)2027-Q2multi year
- TTVA/VASP Act 2025 moratorium expiry2026-12-31quarter
- TWVASA full commencement with 9 subordinate regulations2027-Q1half year
- TWCross-border Travel Rule phase extension2027-Q4year
- TZBank of Tanzania virtual-assets regulatory concept pending legal development2027-Q1year
- UKUK FSMA cryptoasset regime full commencement2027-10-25quarter
- UKFCA authorisation gateway closes2027-02-28quarter
- UKBank of England systemic-stablecoin Code of Practice due2026-Q4quarter
- US-AKSB 86 full commencement — virtual currency money transmission2027-07-01quarter
- US-AKSB 86 transitional licence relief expires2028-07-01half year
- US-AKCoinme national kiosk shutdown deadline2027-01-01quarter
- US-DEOSBC implementing regulations for SB18/SB19 (14 mandatory areas)2027-07-06year
- US-FLFlorida virtual-currency-kiosk registration regime effective2027-01-01quarter
- US-FLFlorida stablecoin issuers' first annual reserve report due2027-02-01quarter
- US-GAGeorgia Payment Stablecoin Act (HB 1272) commencement2027-01-18quarter
- US-GAFederal BSA/AML/OFAC stablecoin rule expected to finalize2027-Q1half year
- US-GAGA HB 1272 backstop unlicensed-offer prohibition takes effect2028-07-18multi year
- US-HIHawaii digital-asset charter proposal (SB2757) revival watch2027-Q1multi year
- US-IAGENIUS Act OCC final rule stablecoin implications for national trust banksclosed 2026-10-24quarter
- US-KSKansas virtual currency kiosk licensing and consumer-protection regime in forceclosed 2026-07-01quarter
- US-KYSB 189 crypto-kiosk regime implementing regulations due2027-01-01quarter
- US-MDMaryland Stablecoin Act commencement2027-01-01quarter
- US-MOSB 1510 AG civil-enforcement authority for virtual currency kiosksclosed 2026-08-28multi year
- US-NCNC Virtual Currency Kiosk Act effective date2027-01-01quarter
- US-NCNCCOB implementing-rule comment period closes2026-11-15quarter
- US-NEForeign-adversary MTL bar and remittance excise tax operativeclosed 2026-07-01quarter
- US-NHSB 482 kiosk consumer-protection regime in force2026-12-16quarter
- US-NHHB 1207 money-transmitter application fee increase2027-10-01quarter
- US-NJS775 Virtual Currency and Blockchain Regulation Act — pending Senate Commerce Committee action2027multi year
- US-NYProposed 23 NYCRR Part 202 (Authorized Payment Stablecoin Issuers)2027-Q1half year
- US-NYSecond Circuit hearing on Kalshi injunction pending appeal2026-11-03quarter
- US-OKOklahoma HB 3521 takes full effect, recodifying money-transmitter law and including narrow stablecoin category2026-11-01quarter
- US-RIRI blockchain/cryptocurrency study commission interim report due2027-01-05quarter
- US-SCH.4592 virtual-currency kiosk MTL bill pending in House committee2027-Q1year
- US-TNUCC Controllable Electronic Records amendments 'adjustment date'2027-07-01quarter
- US-TXGENIUS Act implementing regulations effective2027-01-18quarter
- US-UTSB 298 'Programmable Money Amendments' takes effect2027-05-05quarter
- US-VASCC final rule 10VAC5-120 conforming money-transmitter rules to Chapter 19.12026-Q4quarter
- US-VTVermont virtual-currency kiosk moratorium expiry2027-07-01quarter
- UYPSAV incumbent application window closes2027-03-31quarter
- UYPSAV general compliance deadline2027-06-30quarter
- UYBCU stablecoin-integration roadmap horizon2030multi year
- VUTabled AML/CTF Amendment Bill VASP travel-rule codification2026-Q4quarter
- ZATreasury expected to publish revised crypto exchange-control draft2027-Q1half year
- ZMBank of Zambia comprehensive crypto/VASP regulatory framework2027multi year
Ranked within this monitor (per_consumer); tie-break recency_date_desc, jid_asc, module_asc, url_asc. Index tool 1.5.0, edition policy 1.2.0.