In April 2026, FinCEN and the Office of Foreign Assets Control proposed joint regulations requiring stablecoin businesses to maintain anti-money laundering programs and transaction-freezing capabilities

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Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein ruled under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60 that newly acquired knowledge of facts existing when the January 2025 consent order was entered does not constitute a significant change in factual circumstances

The CFTC filed a lawsuit in 2022 alleging Gemini Trust Company made false or misleading statements of material fact in 2017 regarding a Bitcoin futures contract relying on Gemini auction prices

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission cleared perpetual futures contracts earlier in 2026 for both Coinbase and Kalshi, allowing Webull to plug into Kalshi's approved venue without seeking its own regulatory approval

Italian authorities initiated asset seizures worth over €21 million, encompassing cash, bank accounts, vehicles, jewelry, and cryptocurrency holdings

The criminal network behind a car-rental business in Pero used shell companies to issue over €110 million in false invoices, enabling complicit businesses in construction and logistics to reduce taxable income and receive cash returns minus a commission

Polymarket US seeks declaratory relief stating Ohio's gambling laws are unconstitutional and preempted, alongside preliminary and permanent injunctions against Ohio officials

The alleged shadow bank run through a car-rental business in Pero, near Milan, combined cash from drug trafficking, tax offenses, and crypto investment scams, transferring funds through banks in Luxembourg, Lithuania, and Germany into cryptocurrency wallets

Commodity Futures Trading Commission staff permitted Coinbase to route U.S. clients to perpetual futures listed on Coinbase's offshore affiliate Deribit

Webull plans to make crypto perpetual futures available to its broader base of over 6 million clients and expand its product menu beyond cryptocurrency subject to regulatory review

On October 21, 2026, Italian authorities targeted 30 suspects accused of running an underground bank out of a car-rental business in Pero, near Milan, that transferred about €68 million abroad

Investigators linked the underground money laundering network run through a car-rental business in Pero to Italy's 'Ndrangheta, Camorra, and Fourth Mafia organizations, alongside Chinese and Albanian accomplices

Italian financial police units in Milan and Monza Brianza alongside the Anti-Mafia Directorate deployed over 350 officers on October 21, 2026, placing 16 suspects under custodial arrest and 14 under house arrest

Two Chinese nationals allegedly assisted an underground money laundering network near Milan by collecting cash stemming primarily from tax offenses

Proceeds from the underground network run through a car-rental business in Pero were allegedly used to support imprisoned 'Ndrangheta members and supply vehicles and weapons to criminal associates in southern Italy

Italian police arrested a Milan-based lawyer in October 2026 as part of a mafia-linked money laundering investigation into a car-rental business in Pero

Zodia Custody obtained a payment institution license in Luxembourg in June 2026, enabling regulated stablecoin custody and transfer services across the European Union

The Financial Conduct Authority opened applications for a new UK cryptocurrency regulatory regime on September 30, 2026, ahead of rules coming into force on October 25, 2027.

Stand With Crypto called on UK banks to adopt risk-sensitive, case-by-case controls rather than sector-wide blocks on cryptocurrency transactions.

A total of 9,803 individuals submitted 10,092 complaints to UK banks over cryptocurrency transfer restrictions between May and August 2026, according to a Stand With Crypto report.

British lawmakers in the All-Party Parliamentary Group questioned major UK banks in August 2026 regarding excessive restrictions on cryptocurrency accounts and payments.