Zerohash refiled a narrower application for a national trust bank charter with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on August 18, 2026, which remains pending.

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The Astana Financial Services Authority issued warnings to more than 20 cryptocurrency platforms regarding Astana International Financial Centre regulatory compliance rules during 2025

The AIFC court initially named exchange operator LBank in its September 15, 2026 ruling before issuing a variation order on September 18, 2026 to remove LBank after it blocked user access in Kazakhstan

The September 15, 2026 AIFC court order covers app-store operators Google and Apple to enforce geographic restrictions on access to the six unlicensed crypto platforms—Coinbase, BingX, Bitcoin.com, HTX, BitMart and WEEX—in Kazakhstan

A September 15, 2026 AIFC court injunction barred Coinbase, BingX, Bitcoin.com, HTX, BitMart, and WEEX from operating, while holding them jointly liable for approximately KZT 2 million in legal costs

Kazakhstan's National Bank oversees digital asset service providers operating outside the Astana International Financial Centre

DekaBank operates its Sparkasse cryptocurrency trading and custody service as a registered crypto-asset service provider under BaFin oversight and the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation.

The German Savings Banks and Giro Association permitted member institutions to offer retail cryptocurrency services, reversing a prior group position held due to market volatility concerns.

Cryptocurrencies held through DekaBank inside the Sparkasse banking app are not protected by Germany's statutory bank deposit insurance scheme.

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Commissioner Michael Selig dismissed CME Group's objections to perpetual futures, describing them as predictable resistance from an incumbent market participant.

Redeeming USAT stablecoins for U.S. dollars requires an active client account relationship under a written agreement with issuer Anchorage Digital Bank.

German cooperative lenders VR-Bank Alb-Blau-Donau and VR Bank im südlichen Franken were added to the European Securities and Markets Authority's MiCA register on October 16, 2026.

Banco Santander's German digital banking subsidiary Openbank Deutschland AG was listed in the European Securities and Markets Authority's MiCA register in the October 16, 2026 update.

The Blockchain Association recommended that digital asset service providers be allowed to rely on publicly available regulatory lists from the Treasury and OCC rather than conducting open-ended due diligence on foreign stablecoin issuers.

Monfi Digital Bank Ltd. operates as a licensed international digital bank under supervision in Malaysia.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency returned Zerohash's initial national trust bank charter application in July 2026 after deeming the filing materially deficient.

Revolut received preliminary conditional approval from the United States Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in September 2026 to establish a national bank offering digital asset custody and crypto payments

British regulators lifted restrictions on Revolut's banking license in March 2026, allowing the financial technology firm to launch Revolut Bank UK

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's proposal seeks to create a new registration category designated as the 'crypto asset market' under agency jurisdiction

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission currently lacks statutory authority to enforce mandatory federal registration for spot cryptocurrency exchanges

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission initiated proposed rulemaking under existing statutory powers as a backup plan following the Senate's defeat of the CLARITY Act on September 15, 2026