The SEC advanced regulations permitting investment advisers and funds to custody crypto assets under defined conditions, establishing a regulatory path following the Clarity Act blockage last month.
Atkins added he would keep pursuing a goal to position the U.S. as the crypto capital of the world.
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Records maintained on a blockchain could fulfill compliance obligations when certain conditions are met.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation barring public officials from issuing memecoins and prohibiting companies from using officials' likenesses in such coins. The rules were motivated by reports of roughly one million investors losing an alleged $3.8 billion on a 2025 presidential memecoin.
The Bank of England has dropped proposed caps on individual and corporate stablecoin holdings, replacing them with a temporary £40 billion issuance ceiling per systemic stablecoin. The policy adjustment, which also relaxes reserve backing rules to bolster issuer economics, follows industry and parliamentary objections ahead of full U.K. crypto regulations in 2027.
Citi and Coinbase launched a stablecoin integration that hides all crypto elements from business users. Bitcoin ETFs recorded modest inflows while Strategy added 1,665 BTC to reach record holdings.
APAC nations hold nine of the top 20 spots in the 2026 crypto adoption ranking while Bitget revised its breach figure to about $387.5 million from an initial $351.6 million. Regional banks are also testing 24-hour settlement and blockchain bond issuance.
Robinhood Chain has posted more than $1 billion in first-week DEX volume while its TVL soared millions of percent on memecoin momentum; Circle obtained a national trust bank charter and crypto legislation inches forward with a possible Clarity Act draft next week.
