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  • Brazil's Petrobras tests Cardano blockchain to track claims about cleaner jet fuel and diesel

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    Brazil's Petrobras tests Cardano blockchain to track claims about cleaner jet fuel and diesel

    According to CoinDesk, Brazil's state-owned energy company Petrobras is testing the Cardano blockchain in two research projects: one to stop the same emissions cut from sustainable aviation fuel being counted twice, the other to record the history of its partly renewable Diesel R. Both are still research work, with no timeline for wider use.

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  • Cboe and S&P Dow Jones Indices extend their S&P 500 options deal to 2051 and leave the door open to tokenized options

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    Cboe and S&P Dow Jones Indices extend their S&P 500 options deal to 2051 and leave the door open to tokenized options

    According to CoinDesk, exchange operator Cboe and index provider S&P Dow Jones Indices have extended Cboe's exclusive right to offer S&P 500 options by 25 years, to 2051. The deal says they may explore blockchain-based 'tokenized' options, but no product, timeline or details were announced. Here is what that means and what it does not.

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  • SEC Charges Two Groups of Entities Allegedly Behind Crypto Frauds Using WhatsApp and "AI Trading" Claims

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    SEC Charges Two Groups of Entities Allegedly Behind Crypto Frauds Using WhatsApp and "AI Trading" Claims

    On September 29, 2026, the US SEC charged two groups of entities, Cryptoaiml and TSAI, alleging they defrauded hundreds of individual investors, many in the US. The SEC says they falsely claimed to be SEC-regulated and used AI trading signals and bots as bait in schemes totaling at least $15 million. Here is what the SEC alleges and the warning signs readers can watch for.

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  • Ethereum's Glamsterdam upgrade will go live on the Sepolia test network on October 6; no mainnet date yet

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    Ethereum's Glamsterdam upgrade will go live on the Sepolia test network on October 6; no mainnet date yet

    The Ethereum Foundation says its Glamsterdam upgrade, which changes how blocks are built and how fees are counted, is scheduled for the Sepolia test network on October 6, 2026. Test-network node operators and app developers need to prepare. No mainnet date is set, and the Foundation says ordinary users and ETH holders need not act.

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  • Researchers Forge RSA Signatures From a Hardware Vault Without Extracting the Key: What It Means for Crypto Assets

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    Researchers Forge RSA Signatures From a Hardware Vault Without Extracting the Key: What It Means for Crypto Assets

    According to Decrypt, a UC San Diego and INRIA team forged signatures for a 1,024-bit RSA key inside a hardware security module without extracting the key. This article covers the key points, what is affected, and why Bitcoin and Ethereum signatures fall outside the paper's scope.

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  • US Sixth Circuit Rules Kalshi Sports-Event Contracts Are Not Federally Regulated "Swaps" and Fall Under State Gambling Laws

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    US Sixth Circuit Rules Kalshi Sports-Event Contracts Are Not Federally Regulated "Swaps" and Fall Under State Gambling Laws

    CoinDesk reports that on September 25, 2026, the US Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that prediction market Kalshi's sports-event contracts are not "swaps" under federal law, so they fall under state gambling rules rather than federal CFTC oversight. The ruling bears on who regulates prediction markets and deepens a split among appeals courts, which CoinDesk believes should prompt the US Supreme Court to step in.

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  • CFTC Issues Advisory on "Mention Market" Event Contracts, Citing Elevated Manipulation Risk

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    CFTC Issues Advisory on "Mention Market" Event Contracts, Citing Elevated Manipulation Risk

    On September 22, 2026, the US CFTC's Division of Market Oversight issued an advisory on event contracts that pay out depending on things like whether someone says a particular word. The CFTC says these carry a heightened risk of manipulation. The advisory tells the exchanges that list such contracts when they may do so and what they must show. Based on the official CFTC press release; not investment advice.

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  • CFTC Announces Frontier Forum Public Roundtable Series, with First Session Focused on AI and Agentic Finance

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    CFTC Announces Frontier Forum Public Roundtable Series, with First Session Focused on AI and Agentic Finance

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which oversees derivatives markets, says its Innovation Task Force will host the Frontier Forum, a series of public roundtables on new financial technologies. The first, on October 28, 2026, covers artificial intelligence and agentic finance. It is a public discussion, not a new rule, but it shows where the regulator's attention is turning.

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  • Bitget Hacked for $351.6 Million: Circle Freezes Stablecoin Wallet, MistTrack Says Tether Followed

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    Bitget Hacked for $351.6 Million: Circle Freezes Stablecoin Wallet, MistTrack Says Tether Followed

    After crypto exchange Bitget was hacked for about $351.6 million, Circle blacklisted one attacker wallet and MistTrack said Tether later blocked it as well, freezing about $318,000 in stablecoins. But CoinDesk notes most of the stolen funds are ether (ETH), which no issuer can freeze. Bitget says its user protection fund bears the loss.

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  • Original illustration: six panels on the left, one object each — provisions with a dashed circle, a bank, scales, a ribboned seal, a padlock, bars under a magnifier — with lines to a six-item list

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    2026 Crypto News Roundup: Key Developments in Regulation, Technology and Industry

    This site's 2026 crypto news explainers, in six jurisdictions — Taiwan, the US, the UK, the EU, Japan, South Korea: the Virtual Asset Service Act, the proposed GENIUS Act rules, the joint SEC–CFTC interpretation and the SEC's own proposal, the end of MiCA's transitional period and its link to the payment rules, the FCA's perimeter guidance, Japan's FSA reports and South Korea's manipulation referrals. Regulation, technology and industry only, no prices, with official sources and a check date.

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  • Original illustration: scales at left; seven blocks and a coin at right for the seven provider kinds and the stablecoin; below, a timeline of two solid nodes and a dashed third, start date undecided

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    Taiwan's Virtual Asset Service Act Clears Third Reading: Seven Kinds of Provider, Stablecoin Licensing, No Commencement Date Yet

    On June 30, 2026 Taiwan's Legislative Yuan passed the Virtual Asset Service Act (虛擬資產服務法) on third reading, and its 56 articles were promulgated on July 22, 2026. Working from the Financial Supervisory Commission's press release and two official legal databases, this article sets out the seven kinds of virtual asset service provider, licensing kind by kind, the reserve-asset rules for stablecoins, and why the 12- and 21-month transition periods in article 55 have not started running.

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  • Original illustration: a line splits the frame; dashed boxes on the left are providers under old national regimes, sealed boxes on the right are authorised ones; the timeline turns solid at the line

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    EU MiCA Transitional Period Ends July 1: Grandfathering Differs by Country, a Pending Application Is Not an Extension

    The transitional period in Article 143(3) of the EU's MiCA expired on July 1, 2026. Drawing on ESMA's public statement of June 23, 2026, its statement of April 17, 2026, the list of grandfathering periods decided by each Member State and the official question and answer ESMA_QA_2220, this article sets out what ended, why the grandfathering periods differ from one Member State to another, why a pending application is not an extension, and what ESMA said to providers and to clients.

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  • An original illustration: two circles on the left stand for the two Commissions, each joined by a line to one document in the middle; an arrow points from the document to a circle with a check mark.

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    Joint SEC and CFTC Interpretation: Five Categories of Crypto Assets, Effective the Day It Was Published

    On March 17, 2026 the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) jointly issued an interpretation of the securities laws for crypto assets; it was published in the Federal Register on March 23, 2026 and took effect that day. From the Federal Register full text and document data, the as-published PDF and the CFTC press release: the five categories, how an investment contract begins and ends, and what the release says it does not address.

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  • Original illustration: two envelopes point at a dashed-outline document in the middle, for comments invited and a proposal not yet final; a dashed arrow runs from it to a calendar, the comment period

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    SEC Proposes Regulation Crypto Assets: Two Offering Exemptions and a Safe Harbor, Not Yet Adopted

    On August 21, 2026, the Regulation Crypto Assets proposed by the U.S. SEC was published in the Federal Register at 91 FR 54510. Working from the Federal Register full text and the official GovInfo PDF, this article sets out the two offering exemptions, the investment contract safe harbor and the state law preemption in this 146-page proposal, and why it has no effective date and why the comment period runs to October 20, 2026.

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  • Original illustration: on the left a bank building with a pediment and four columns, an arrow pointing to a dashed-outline draft document; on the right a coin above an equals sign and three bars

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    The OCC's Proposed Stablecoin Rules: One-to-One Reserves, Redemption in Two Business Days and Periodic Reporting

    On March 2, 2026 the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency published a proposed rule on payment stablecoins implementing the GENIUS Act in the Federal Register, cited as 91 FR 10202 and running to 102 pages, with comments due by May 1, 2026. Working from the Federal Register full text and the public law text of the GENIUS Act, this article sets out whom the new 12 CFR part 15 would reach, what it would require on reserves and redemption, and why it is not yet a rule in force.

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  • Original illustration: coins run left to right along a track, with a padlocked shield checkpoint in the middle; a dotted line below it leads down to one stopped coin, beside a warning triangle

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    FinCEN and OFAC's Joint AML and Sanctions Compliance Proposal for Stablecoin Issuers, Not Yet in Effect

    On April 10, 2026 a joint FinCEN and OFAC proposed rule, from two U.S. Treasury agencies, was published in the Federal Register (91 FR 18582). From the full text, FinCEN's fact sheet, the Treasury release and the Federal Register's docket lookup, this article sets out how the proposal would bring permitted payment stablecoin issuers under the Bank Secrecy Act, the four AML program requirements, the $5,000 suspicious activity reporting threshold, and OFAC's proposed sanctions compliance program.

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  • Original illustration: a bank building connects to a central shield whose three bars stand for insured deposits; a dashed line runs from it to a draft document and a coin, both outside the shield

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    FDIC Stablecoin Proposal: Reserve Deposits Insured to the Issuer, Not Passed Through to Holders

    On April 7, 2026 the board of the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) approved a proposal implementing the GENIUS Act, published in the Federal Register on April 10 at 91 FR 18534. Working from that full text and the FDIC's own press release, this article sets out whom the proposal would reach, the proposed reserve asset and redemption requirements, and why it would count the deposit insurance on reserve deposits as the issuer's rather than each stablecoin holder's.

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  • Original illustration: eight circles ringed at left are the members, the middle square the credit union, an arrow points at a dashed-outline proposal, and a dashed line joins it to a coin at right

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    NCUA's Proposed Stablecoin Standards: Credit Unions Could Issue Only Through a Subsidiary; Stablecoins Get No Share Insurance

    On May 18, 2026 the U.S. National Credit Union Administration's supplemental proposed rule implementing the GENIUS Act was published in the Federal Register (91 FR 28956). From that full text, the NCUA press release, the enacted GENIUS Act and the agency's February licensing proposal: why a credit union could issue payment stablecoins only through a subsidiary, how tokenized shares and the coin differ on share insurance, and why every line here reads as a proposal.

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  • Original illustration: two overlapping rounded frames, a payment card in the left one, two linked blocks in the right one, and a coin in the overlap, for an e-money token under both sets of rules

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    EBA Opinion as the PSD2 Transition Period for E-Money Tokens Ends: Three Scenarios, Four Conditions

    On February 12, 2026, the European Banking Authority published Opinion EBA/OP/2026/01, setting out what national competent authorities are advised to do once the transition period in its No-Action Letter ends on March 2, 2026. Working from the Opinion and the No-Action Letter themselves, this article explains the three scenarios, the four conditions and the two restrictions, and why this is advice rather than a rule that takes direct effect on firms.

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  • An original illustration: a large circle ringed by six small ones stands for the working group; an arrow points to a report with a solid outline, and a dashed arrow to a law with a dashed outline

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    Japan's Financial System Council Report Recommends Moving Crypto-Assets to the FIEA: The Related Act Has Been Enacted, No Commencement Date Seen

    On February 16, 2026 Japan's FSA published on its English website a Provisional Translation of the report of the Financial System Council's Working Group on Crypto-asset Systems; the report itself is dated December 10, 2025. From the FSA's announcement page, the full report and its reference material: why it recommends moving crypto-assets from the Payment Services Act to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, and how the related bill has progressed since.

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  • Original illustration: three linked blocks stand for a chain of systems, a warning triangle above the last one; in the middle a shield with a padlock; on the right a key and a document

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    Japan's FSA Publishes a Crypto-Asset Cybersecurity Research Paper: One Class of Outflow Was Not Key Theft but Tampering Before Signing

    On July 23, 2026 Japan's Financial Services Agency published a commissioned research paper. The cover is dated June 30, 2026, and the FSA states plainly that the paper does not represent its own views. Working from the FSA's publication page, the paper's English version and the FSA's own policy approaches, this article explains which class of outflow the paper re-attributes to the systems before signing, what obligations this publication does not add, and why the four dates cannot be swapped.

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  • Original illustration: a document icon and a timeline of four nodes; the first two, already past, are filled circles for the Parliament vote and the guidance; the last two are dashed, still ahead

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    UK FCA Publishes Final Cryptoasset Perimeter Guidance PS26/18: Applications Open September 30, New Regime Takes Effect October 2027

    On September 16, 2026, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published policy statement PS26/18, Cryptoasset Perimeter Guidance, explaining when cryptoasset activities require FCA authorisation. Drawing on the FCA's press release and the 140-page PS26/18, this article sets out three separate dates — guidance published, applications open, new regime in effect — the seven newly regulated activities, and places this timeline beside Taiwan's Virtual Asset Service Act.

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  • Original illustration: a sealed envelope for the no-action letter beside a phone split into a plain and a shaded regulated area, three linked boxes below for registered entities; no trademarks shown.

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    CFTC No-Action Letter Expands to All Passive Software Providers: The Line Drawn by Ten Conditions

    On September 17, 2026, the CFTC's Market Participants Division issued no-action letter Letter 26-25, extending Letter 26-09 -- until then available only to a single applicant, Phantom -- to all passive software providers. Drawing on both letters' full text and the press release, this article explains the ten conditions, what is and is not allowed, and how a no-action letter differs from a Commission rule in effect; it offers no investment or legal advice, and was checked on September 18, 2026.

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  • Illustration: a notice with a prohibition symbol; two figures linked by a dashed arrow (a peer-to-peer trade); a timeline with two dots for the action and announcement dates. No trademarks or people.

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    FCA Cracks Down on Illegal Peer-to-Peer Crypto Trading in London: Action on September 10, Announced September 17

    On September 17, 2026, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced that it, HMRC and the Metropolitan Police Service had acted against 3 premises in London on September 10 over suspected illegal peer-to-peer crypto trading. Drawing on two FCA press releases and its Firm Checker help page, this article lays out why the registration duty applies only to those trading by way of business, the carve-out for trades between individuals, and the limits of the consumer lookup tool itself.

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