Every story the desk has published on international enforcement, newest first. This page updates with each new development.
The UK Financial Conduct Authority opened authorization filing for its new crypto regime on September 30, 2026 with a February 28, 2027 deadline.
The House Ways and Means Committee released a 114-page Digital Asset Tax Certainty Act on September 14, proposing tax treatment for de minimis fees, staking, mining, and stablecoins.
Following a bridge exploit that minted approximately 46.1 billion syBTC, Symbiosis recovered 15 BTC and offered a 20% bounty after the attacker refused an initial white-hat bounty.
HMRC published its first crypto-specific Capital Gains Tax data for the 2024-25 tax year: 17,600 UK filers reported £1.38 billion in gains, with 240 investors earning more than £1 million each accounting for £717 million.
Austria's Financial Market Authority imposed a €70,000 penalty on Bitpanda GmbH for failing to submit a cryptocurrency white paper 20 working days before publication and omitting required regulatory disclosures in marketing materials.
The EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) Regulation enforcement deadline on July 1 forced 1,700+ unlicensed platforms to exit, leaving only 323 licensed operators and forcing up to 10 million users to migrate assets.
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority is consulting financial institutions on rules for tokenized gold as part of a digital asset strategy.
South Korea's government confirmed it will tax cryptocurrency gains exceeding 2.5 million won ($1,740) at a combined 22% rate starting January 1, 2027, after postponing the measure three times.