On November 2, 2026, Financial Services Commission Director General Yoo Young-jun led an emergency meeting with major crypto operators, the Financial Supervisory Service, and the Financial Security Institute

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Cryptocurrency industry representatives requested that South Korea's Financial Services Commission ease limits on arbitrarily halting customer withdrawals when a different exchange is hacked

South Korea's Virtual Asset User Protection Act took effect on July 19, 2024, mandating that exchanges keep at least 80% of customer crypto assets in offline cold storage

Officials at the November 2, 2026 emergency meeting called by South Korea's Financial Services Commission reviewed access controls for IT systems, withdrawal signing arrangements for hot wallets, and administrator privileges across domestic exchanges

South Korea's Financial Services Commission plans to review easing rules on arbitrary withdrawal blocks so cryptocurrency exchanges can restrict withdrawals quickly when a different exchange is hacked

During the November 2, 2026 emergency meeting called by South Korea's Financial Services Commission, South Korean regulators urged exchanges to increase cold-wallet holdings, monitor transfers continuously, add response staff, report abnormal access, and build extra reserves

CME Group filed a lawsuit against the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in June 2026, challenging the CFTC's approval of crypto perpetual futures contracts on the grounds that contracts with funding payments are swaps under Dodd-Frank

Exchanges Kalshi, Coinbase Derivatives, and Bitnomial submitted rule filings on September 18, 2026, to list equity perpetual futures, but the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's November 3, 2026 statement set no official launch date

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission rely on the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 and a March 11 Memorandum of Understanding to coordinate oversight of security futures products

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Michael S. Selig stated on November 3, 2026, that bringing equity perpetual futures into regulated U.S. markets prevents American traders from turning to unregulated offshore exchanges

The SEC issued a five-year temporary Innovation Exemption allowing Tokenized Securities Venues to facilitate trading of tokenized NMS stocks using automated market makers without registering as national securities exchanges.

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.

State and provincial regulators in Alberta, Hawaii, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin provided assistance to the Securities and Exchange Commission in its investigation.

At least seven U.S. state regulators and seven foreign regulators have issued warnings or enforcement orders against the BG Wealth and DSJ Exchange scheme.

Mudrex's public compliance page did not present a response to the Enforcement Directorate's October 29, 2026 allegations.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved in-kind creations and redemptions for spot crypto exchange-traded products in July 2025.

The CFTC extended conditional broker-registration no-action relief similar to Phantom's model to other wallet software providers in September 2026.

Former SEC Chairman Paul Atkins stated in July 2025 that approving in-kind creations and redemptions builds a rational regulatory framework and makes crypto products less costly and more efficient.

CFTC staff issued Staff Letter 26-09 on March 17, 2026, granting Phantom conditional no-action relief from registering as an introducing broker.

Coinbase secured an e-money license in Ireland in 2019 and later obtained a MiCA license in Luxembourg in June 2025 to serve customers across the European Union.

Coinbase Ireland appointed a dedicated safeguarding officer in December 2024 and added a €25 million guarantee bond to strengthen its oversight controls.