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U.S. CFTC Opens Regulated Crypto Perpetuals Pathway

The CFTC confirmed treatment of certain crypto perpetuals as foreign futures and issued related FCM margin-transfer no-action relief after approving KalshiEX's BTCPERP contract. Kraken/Bitnomial and Coinbase CFM announcements signal a regulated U.S. venue path for major crypto perpetuals, shifting compliance focus to KYT, OFAC screening and eligible-client controls.

High impact🇺🇸 United StatesRegulationExchangeBTCETHSOLXRPADALINKDOGELTCCFTCKalshiKrakenBitnomialCoinbasePayward

APAC FINSTAB analysis

Although this is outside core APAC, it is relevant because global market-structure, enforcement, and stablecoin precedents often shape licensing expectations for APAC exchanges, issuers, custodians, and DeFi teams. Protocols/assets in scope: BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, ADA, LINK, DOGE, LTC. Named institutions or platforms: CFTC, Kalshi, Kraken, Bitnomial, Coinbase, Payward. Teams should monitor the original source, map the change to licensing, custody, disclosure, and market-access obligations, and update their jurisdiction playbooks before the next compliance review.

Compliance read-through: map this event to entity licensing, market-access, custody, disclosure, token listing, and operational-risk obligations before expanding or marketing in the affected jurisdiction.

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High impact🇷🇺 RussiaRegulationAMLBTCETHSOL
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High impact🇧🇷 BrazilLicensingAMLRegulationBTC
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Paxos Receives SEC Clearing Agency Registration For Securities Settlement

Paxos said its Paxos Securities Settlement Company subsidiary received SEC clearing agency registration, making it a blockchain-native clearing and settlement rail for eligible U.S. securities. The approval strengthens the regulated infrastructure layer for tokenized securities and RWA post-trade workflows.

High impact🇺🇸 United StatesTokenizationLicensingRegulationPYUSD
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U.S. Treasury Says Iranian Crypto Asset Seizures Near One Billion Dollars

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the United States has seized roughly $1 billion in Iranian cryptocurrency assets, nearly doubling the prior disclosed figure. The statement reinforces sanctions-screening pressure on stablecoin, exchange and chain-analytics workflows tied to Iran exposure.

High impact🇺🇸 United States🌐 IRAMLEnforcementRegulationUSDT
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