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EU Regulators Advance Third-Party ICT Oversight Under DORA and Reiterate Crypto Warnings
EU Supervisory Authorities highlight cyber resilience, crypto risks and regulatory simplification in 2025 annual report. The report has indirect relevance for retail trading and CFD markets through its focus on consumer protection, crypto-asset risks and PRIIPs rules.
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FCA Conducts First Coordinated Raids on Illegal P2P Crypto Trading in the UK
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) carried out its first coordinated raids against illegal peer-to-peer crypto trading, working with HMRC and a regional organised crime unit.
Authorities issued on-site cease-and-desist letters at each location. The FCA confirmed that the evidence gathered is now supporting multiple ongoing criminal investigations.
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Just2Trade Joins MiCA Ranks, but Is the Market Moving Beyond Crypto?
Just2Trade has become the latest Cyprus-based CFD broker to cross the MiCA threshold. Its crypto arm, J2TX, was registered with the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) on March 16, joining a small but growing club of fully authorised players.
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New York Targets Coinbase and Gemini Over Prediction Markets, Seeks Profit Forfeiture and Triple Penalties
New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed suit against Coinbase and Gemini, accusing both companies of running illegal gambling operations through their prediction market platforms.
The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan, seeks to bar the exchanges from offering prediction markets in New York until they hold state gaming licenses — and frames the products not as financial instruments
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Gold and Oil Drive Record TradFi Volumes Across Crypto Exchanges
Gold has taken over retail futures trading on crypto exchanges in 2026, and fresh quarterly data from MEXC shows the flow has only become more concentrated. The Seychelles-based exchange said its tokenized gold product XAUT alone accounted for 71% of combined volume among its top 10 TradFi Futures in the first quarter, with silver adding another 22%.
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Coinbase Launches UK Crypto Lending Using DeFi Protocol Morpho as Its Backend
Coinbase has launched its crypto-backed lending product for UK customers with the underlying infrastructure provided by the DeFi lending protocol Morpho.
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USD Stablecoins on Public Blockchains Are Major AML Concern, BIS Warns
Dollar stablecoins risk behaving like fragile investment funds at the heart of the financial system, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has warned, calling for tighter global coordination on regulation before the market grows large enough to rival traditional money.
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Japanese Institutions Turn to Crypto But Keep Allocations Small
Japanese institutional investors are warming to crypto as a portfolio diversification instrument, according to a survey of 518 investment professionals conducted by Nomura and its digital asset subsidiary Laser Digital.
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Kraken acquires Bitnomial for up to $550M, securing a full U.S. derivatives stack
Kraken's parent company Payward has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Bitnomial, the only crypto-native firm in the United States to hold all three CFTC licenses needed to run a vertically integrated derivatives business.
Major Bitcoin Miners Flood Market With BTC to Stay Solvent Amid Rising Costs
Public Bitcoin miners sold more BTC in the first quarter of 2026 than in all of 2025, as low margins forced many operators to liquidate reserves to cover operating costs.
Four MEA Countries Race to Build Crypto Rulebooks as Global Licensing Push Accelerates
Four countries across the Middle East and Africa advanced separate digital asset regulatory frameworks in the first quarter of 2026, a new FM Intelligence analysis found, positioning the region alongside the EU's MiCA regime and Asia-Pacific
...Circle CEO Sees Opportunity for Yuan Stablecoin but Market Reality Remains Dollar-Dominated
Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire said a yuan-backed stablecoin could emerge within three to five years, framing it as part of a broader shift toward technology-driven currency competition.
He described the potential development as a natural extension of how currencies compete in digital markets. “If there’s currency competition, you want your currency to have the best features possible,”
...After SoFi’s Return, Charles Schwab Enters Retail Crypto Trading with Phased Rollout
Charles Schwab has announced plans to roll out spot cryptocurrency trading to retail clients, marking a further expansion into digital assets.
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...Pakistan Ends Seven-Year Crypto Banking Ban but Bars Trading by Banks
Pakistan has ended a seven-year ban that blocked banks from servicing crypto businesses, opening the door for regulated access to a market that already counts tens of millions of local traders. The move sets clear limits: banks can support licensed crypto providers but cannot trade, invest in or hold digital assets themselves.
European Traders Get MiFID-Regulated Crypto Leverage as OKX Launches X-Perps
OKX has announced the launch of a new crypto derivatives product called X-Perps. The product introduces MiFID-regulated five-year expiry crypto derivatives for the European Economic Area, with up to 10× leverage. It is designed for both retail and institutional traders.