United States: FinTech

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Leading on Crypto is a video series featuring exclusive conversations with industry leaders exploring the evolving world of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. Each episode delivers timely insights on regulatory developments, market trends, tokenization, stablecoins, and the innovations reshaping digital finance from executives at firms like Moody's Ratings, Pantera, Gemini, a16z, and the Crypto Council for Innovation.

In this edition we round up FinTech-related financial services regulatory developments for the week ending 7 February 2026.

The SEC’s Division of Trading & Markets today issued a conditional no-action position that it would not object if compliant “user interfaces” designed to facilitate the execution...

CFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig defended the Commission's jurisdiction over prediction markets and digital assets in testimony before the House Committee on Agriculture, outlining an aggressive regulatory agenda that includes comprehensive rulemaking, enhanced enforcement capabilities, and support for federal crypto legislation. Will the agency's assertive stance on exclusive jurisdiction over event contracts withstand legal challenges from multiple states, and can Congress deliver the market structure legis

In this edition we round up FinTech-related financial services regulatory developments for the week ending 2 April 2026.

The SEC's Division of Trading and Markets has released a staff statement outlining conditions under which crypto asset securities user interface providers may operate without broker-dealer registration, creating a temporary five-year framework while broader regulatory issues are considered.

Federal regulators navigate the intersection of prediction markets and gambling law, while the FDIC reverses course on NSF fee guidance and Treasury proposes new rules for remittance transfer taxation. Major financial institutions see long-standing enforcement actions terminated as regulatory priorities shift under new leadership.