Policy Event Β· Medium impact

SEC and CFTC Sign MOU to Coordinate Crypto Oversight and Enforcement

US Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission sign new Memorandum of Understanding to coordinate crypto oversight, share data, and launch a harmonization initiative for digital asset regulation. The pact aims to resolve long-standing jurisdictional disputes and create practical interoperability between monitoring systems.

Medium impactπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ United StatesRegulationBTCETH

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. 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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