The WEF and BCG report identifies nine policy dimensions, including legal certainty, asset custody, monetary sovereignty, capital flows, and sanctions compliance.

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The WEF and BCG report states that digital asset regulation now extends beyond cryptocurrencies to reshape money movement, financial market operations, and currency control.

Dubai's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority issued a circular on October 6, 2026, establishing minimum audit requirements for Virtual Asset Service Provider Reserve Assets.

Dubai's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority confirmed that appointing an external auditor does not transfer regulatory responsibility for safeguarding client virtual assets from the service provider.

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

The issuer-sponsored structure allows trading venue TSV LLC to bypass the traditional 30-day notice process required for tokenizing US stocks.

TSV LLC aims to execute the first tokenized stock trades under the SEC's September 2026 Innovation Exemption ahead of competing platforms.

Coding errors in calculation systems left Coinbase Ireland's safeguarding account underfunded for 18 months, with daily shortfalls reaching up to €5.2 million in 2024.

The Central Bank of Ireland fined Coinbase Ireland €3.25 million ($3.6 million) for breaching customer fund safeguarding and outsourcing rules between November 2020 and August 2025.

Coinbase stated that no customers suffered financial loss or were unable to access their funds as a result of the safeguarding issues.

Central Bank of Ireland Director of Enforcement Karen O'Leary stated that payment and e-money firms have a fundamental obligation to fully safeguard customers' funds and that the regulator has no tolerance for safeguarding weaknesses.

The Central Bank of Ireland found that Coinbase Ireland relied excessively on its U.S.-based parent group for safeguarding processes without maintaining adequate local oversight framework or expertise.

Coinbase self-reported several safeguarding issues to the Central Bank of Ireland in January 2024 and fully resolved the underlying technical controls by October 2024.

Coinbase Ireland allowed customer funds to be mixed with money belonging to other Coinbase entities, including directing 30 institutional clients to deposit funds into a U.S. Coinbase Inc. account during the 2023 Silvergate banking disruption.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore's proposed stablecoin regulatory changes include requirements for issuer stress testing, recovery planning, and orderly wind-down procedures.

Enacted in June 2026, the Illinois Digital Asset Tax Act imposes a 0.2% levy on the total value of covered digital asset transactions rather than on capital gains profits.

Illinois state officials agreed to postpone the implementation of the Digital Asset Tax Act from January 1 to July 1, 2027 pending ongoing litigation.

The Stellar network supports built-in issuer controls, including identity verification, asset freezes, and clawbacks for regulated financial products.

The Central Bank of Ireland had raised governance and oversight concerns with Coinbase Ireland in supervisory letters issued in July 2022 and March 2023.

The Central Bank of Ireland noted that if Coinbase Ireland had become insolvent during the breach period, customers might not have been able to regain their funds promptly.

Mastercard unveiled a Stablecoin Security program on October 19, 2026 to assess fraud and sanctions risks in digital payments using blockchain analytics and payment intelligence.