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The Fed’s 30 September reforms add public input and two trading-book shock scenarios. Two-year capital-buffer averaging starts in 2028, while governors disagree on predictability versus resilience.
The SEC’s October 1 proposal would create a tailored crypto-custody framework for advisers and regulated funds, including conditional state-trust-company custody and limited self-custody.
California’s AB 2409 bars covered public officials and contracting decision-makers from issuing memecoins and adds 2027 listing restrictions for official-linked tokens offered to state residents.
New SEC staff guidance explains how it views staking receipts, mature-network development, token marketing and buybacks—while stopping well short of a blanket exemption.
On September 24, the Federal Reserve requested public comment on two proposals for a regulatory framework for Board-supervised payment stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act. The announcement does not mean the proposed requirements have become final rules.
UK Finance confirms Barclays, HSBC UK, Lloyds, Monzo, Nationwide, NatWest and Santander completed live tokenised sterling transactions on shared infrastructure developed by Quant.
The Federal Reserve proposed reserve, capital, custody, risk-management and bank-application rules for payment stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act.
A new SEC exemption creates a five-year framework for blockchain-based shares with traditional shareholder rights, while excluding synthetic stock tokens.
STABLECOINS · DeFi — Updated 14 September 2026 Stablecoins are becoming a bridge between public blockchains and regulated financial infrastructure. The U.S. framework created by the 2025 GENIUS Act, followed by 2026 clarification, improved the legal position of qualifying payment stablecoins while leaving other structures subject to different tests.
CRYPTO POLICY · UNITED STATES — Updated 14 September 2026 A major U.S. digital-asset bill is approaching a key Senate vote after negotiations moved beyond technical market structure and into political ethics. Associated Press reporting says President Donald Trump accepted much of a bipartisan proposal intended to restrict elected officials and their spouses from issuing digital assets and to strengthen enforcement options.
