ESMA's 2026 Common Supervisory Action puts CFD broker conflicts under EU-wide inspection while its own risk-committee chair says prop trading is no priority.
ESMA completed its three-asset-class consolidated tape lineup on July 6, 2026, but none is authorised - while the UK's bond tape has run live since June 22.
The Fed, FDIC and OCC pledged 72-hour breach notice to banks, twice the 36-hour rule they enforce. What the July 16 guidance requires, and where it stops.
The GENIUS Act's July 18 rulemaking deadline passed with Treasury's foreign-issuer comparability regime unfinished — and no determination covering $189bn of USDT.
UK BNPL regulation began July 15, 2026. How the FCA regime compares with CCD2, Australia's licence rules and the US state patchwork - and what firms must do.
FATF's July 2026 update: 83% of jurisdictions have Travel Rule laws but enforcement lags, and stablecoins carry 84% of illicit flows. Five regimes compared.
The CFTC's two June 2026 NPRMs codify prediction-market rules: a rewritten Rule 40.11, a 10-100 day review clock, §16.03 reporting — comments close July 27.
The CLARITY Act would split US digital-asset oversight between the SEC and CFTC. A July 17 House hearing is the last push before a Senate vote — here is what changes.
MiCA's transition closed July 1. Only ~210 of 1,200+ EU crypto firms got authorised. The single market is real - and far more concentrated than intended.
ASIC's record $300.2m Union Standard penalty confirms CFD liability flows to authorised representatives, as retail-CFD rules diverge across the EU, UK, Australia and Cyprus.
The CFTC scrapped its 28-year no-deny settlement policy weeks after the SEC — firms can now settle and publicly deny. How the US, UK and Australia diverge.
Six US agencies face the GENIUS Act's July 18 deadline. Inside the FinCEN-OFAC PPSI framework — and how the US, EU, UK and Singapore regimes now diverge.
FCA final crypto rules: five policy statements, applications from September 30, 2026, regime live October 25, 2027 — and how the UK now splits from MiCA.
The SEC's generic listing standards cut spot crypto ETP launches to ~75 days - but staking funds still need individual review. Four jurisdictions compared.
US prop firms are registering with the CFTC and NFA while ESMA drops the sector from its priorities — the July 2026 split that defines funded-trader rules.
Event contracts pit the CFTC's exclusive jurisdiction against state gaming law: Third Circuit ruling, Michigan's ban and a September 4 SCOTUS deadline, mapped.