Digital Asset Basic Act leaves Korean exchange ownership unsettled
South Korea's Digital Asset Basic Act remains a draft. Reported choices would limit exchange owners and steer won-pegged issuance towards bank-led consortiums.
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November 2026
Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO. The inquiry stays open.
Jensen Huang has resigned as Nvidia CEO. The House briefing and the US, Dutch and Japanese chip-export rules now sit with Colette Kress and Harvey Jones.
The SEC's crypto broker-dealer rule has no public text
The SEC's broker-dealer crypto capital and recordkeeping proposal, RIN 3235-AN48, is in White House review. There is still no public rule text.
FMA class designation sets the NZD-referenced token test
FMA class designation sets the test for an NZD-referenced payment token: bank bare trust, par redemption, and the duties issuers and brokers still owe.
Industry chairs the European Tokenisation Standards Group
The European Tokenisation Standards Group is industry-chaired, with the ECB, the Commission and ESMA as observers, and the CSDR and the DLT Pilot stay in force.
CFTC Letter 26-30 lets a trust company settle a clearinghouse
CFTC Letter 26-30 sets the staff test for using a trust company in daily clearing settlement, and Regulation 39.14 still defines a settlement bank as a bank.
How the Bank and the FCA split systemic sterling issuers
The Bank leads reserves and a £40 billion guardrail for systemic sterling issuers, while the FCA keeps conduct and solo-regulates every other UK issuer.
LSEG depositary clears the sandbox gate for the DIGIT gilt
Gate 2 lets LSEG B3 settle the DIGIT gilt as an investor depositary inside the UK sandbox. Settlement-finality designation and the cash leg remain open.
France's €100,000 line for self-custody crypto reports
Amendment I-2701 would require French taxpayers to declare self-custodied crypto wallets from €100,000. The Assembly voted yes; the bill is still in Parliament.
Hong Kong passes CARF crypto-asset tax reporting rules
Hong Kong passed the crypto-asset reporting bill. CARF duties start 1 January 2027, the amended CRS starts 1 January 2028, and exchange is planned for 2028.
Project SAGE asks banks to name an owner before an agent acts
Project SAGE asks Hong Kong banks to name an owner for every agent that can act, and which material agents a supervisor should see before comments close.
Taxonomy KPI advice would narrow mandatory OpEx reporting
ESMA's taxonomy KPI advice would narrow mandatory OpEx to non-capitalised R&D and replace weighted group KPIs if the Commission later adopts the text.
Thai SEC draft lets one company seek derivatives licences
News from Thailand's SEC would let one digital-asset company apply for exchange, clearing and intermediary licences, with comments through 28 November.
October 2026
SEC phases a capped exemption from Treasury repo clearing
Release No. 34-106789 takes some Treasury repo out of Rule 17ad-22 under a phased cap or a $5 billion test, and widens which affiliates stay outside clearing.
Why ASIC's REP 842 still shows an audit judgement gap
REP 842 records 42 ASIC findings where audit judgement was thin on revenue and impairment. What the surveillance changes for directors and the largest firms.
FS26/3 holds the line on high-risk retail investment access
FS26/3 keeps UK high-risk promotion gates in place and puts mainstream risk warnings, appropriateness tests and model portfolios on a later timetable.
CFTC sues Utah to defend exclusive event-contract jurisdiction
The CFTC has sued Utah to keep state gambling statutes off designated contract markets. The filing redraws the line for brokers, FCMs and event-contract venues.
CP26/38 and what the Financial Crime Guide would change
CP26/38 would revise the FCA Financial Crime Guide on fraud, sanctions and cryptoassets. Comments close on December 24, 2026.
OCC part 15 drops the automatic redemption extension
OCC part 15 keeps a two-business-day redemption limit and requires a 24-hour notice when one brand's requests exceed 10 percent of outstanding issuance.
CP26/37 would retire certification and notify senior roles
CP26/37 and PRA CP14/26 would retire certification, notify many senior roles, and keep chief executives on pre-approval. Responses close on January 22, 2027.
