Andreessen Horowitz policy chief Miles Jennings stated on October 30, 2026 that classifying autonomous decentralized exchanges as brokers exceeds the authority of Illinois law and conflicts with federal classifications.

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The U.S. midterm elections on November 3, 2026, could alter Congressional power and impact cryptocurrency market structure legislation and regulatory outlooks

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The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission approved secondary market trading of tokenised public funds on licensed virtual asset trading platforms

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Itaú Unibanco formalized its request to operate as a virtual asset service provider with the Central Bank of Brazil

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Binance applied for a virtual asset service provider license with the Central Bank of Brazil

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Robinhood integrated TJAR as its launch partner to convert trading fees collected via the Uniswap API into USDC and USDG stablecoins

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Uniswap Labs launched an open-source fee conversion tool named TJAR to allow crypto applications to consolidate fee earnings into a single chosen token

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Curve Finance launched its StableSwap protocol on the Stellar mainnet, marking its first native deployment outside the EVM ecosystem

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Peer announced a beta service allowing users to buy and sell USDC with Chinese yuan payments settled through Alipay

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The Bank of England launched a consultation on central counterparties accepting digital versions of eligible collateral

Predicate CEO Nikhil Raghuveera stated that Predicate helps digital asset issuers enforce compliance rules when assets trade outside internal systems.

Hong Kong regulatory approvals for 24-hour tokenised money market fund secondary trading aim to broaden secondary-market infrastructure for the tokenised finance sector.

RedotPay denied Binance's allegations of misusing confidential information and stated in August 2026 that the ongoing litigation would not disrupt its operations or public listing preparations.

Predicate embeds compliance screening rules directly into digital assets.

Binance-affiliated entities filed a lawsuit in August 2026 seeking nearly $473 million in damages from RedotPay's founders over alleged misuse of confidential business data to divert 470,000 customers.

Binance temporarily paused crypto lending, margin trading, and other products while delisting 22 crypto assets to comply with Brazilian regulations.

Illinois' proposed crypto rules would apply the state's 0.2% digital asset transaction tax to cross-blockchain transfer activities known as bridging.

Illinois' proposed crypto regulations would require digital asset brokers to maintain records containing customer cryptocurrency private keys.

The Illinois Department of Revenue's proposed crypto tax rules classify decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges as digital asset brokers required to collect taxes and file transaction returns.

Andreessen Horowitz, Uniswap Labs, and the DeFi Education Fund requested that Illinois regulators explicitly exclude decentralized protocols, interfaces, and automated fee collectors from the definition of digital asset brokers.

The Blockchain Association and Crypto Council for Innovation filed lawsuits challenging the Illinois Digital Asset Tax Act over alleged discrimination against digital asset activity and constitutional violations.