EU Regulation 2024/1624, adopted on May 31, 2024, will bar licensed crypto firms and exchanges from handling privacy coins like Monero starting July 1, 2027.

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The SEC announced that tokenization and evolving market infrastructure are fiscal year 2027 examination priorities

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The Monetary Authority of Singapore issued final Guidelines on Artificial Intelligence Risk Management for financial institutions

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The WEF and BCG published a report, examining digital asset regulation across 35 jurisdictions

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CoinShares added the new Zcash exchange-traded product to its physical product range

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Euronext Paris suspended trading of the newly launched CoinShares Zcash exchange-traded product

DBS executive Lim Soon Chong noted that stablecoins offer higher fungibility across payment intermediaries but present greater challenges for anti-money laundering compliance compared to bank deposits.

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.

Under the EU's DAC8 directive, cryptocurrency service providers must report customer identities and transaction data to tax authorities for sharing within user residence countries in the EU.

France introduced cryptocurrency reporting obligations under the EU's DAC8 directive through the 2025 Finance Act.

The French Senate's crypto tax data sharing bill is based on the OECD's Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF).

The OECD's Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework sets common international standards for participating jurisdictions to collect and automatically exchange information on cryptocurrency transactions.

The crypto tax data sharing bill was transmitted to the French National Assembly as Bill no. 3421 for consideration.

The Coinme deal provided Polygon with a Money Services Business registration with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).

Zcash provides optional viewing keys that allow users to grant auditors or regulators access to selective transaction details.

Euronext's initial public suspension notice issued on October 28, 2026 did not specify a reason for freezing trading in the CoinShares Zcash ETP.

The French Senate passed a bill on October 27, 2026, enabling tax authorities to automatically exchange cryptocurrency transaction data with international counterparts.

Euronext spokesperson Flavio Bornancin-Tomasella stated the CoinShares Zcash ETP suspension is due to operational settlement requirements until standard operations are supported by the Central Securities Depository.

The European Commission plans to create a central repository for cryptocurrency tax reports by the end of 2026.

Zcash was launched in October 2016 as a Bitcoin codebase fork with a 21 million coin supply limit, proof-of-work consensus, and optional zero-knowledge privacy features.