Starting from the new UK fiscal year, the inclusion of crypto ETNs in mainstream ISA tax-free accounts is prohibited

Hong Kong Plans to Launch Crypto OTC Compliance License by Year-End, Pushes RWA Secondary Market Trading in Stablecoins

Gate News message, April 23 — Hong Kong plans to introduce a crypto OTC compliance license by the end of 2026, according to Wu Jiezhuang, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and chairman of the Legislative Council's Commerce and

Japan's FSA Advances Crypto Asset Reclassification to Financial Instruments Law, Launches Three Stable Coin Payment Pilot Projects

Gate News message, April 23 — Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) has submitted legislation to Parliament proposing to reclassify crypto assets from the Payment Services Act to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, according to remarks by Shigeru Shimizu, director of the FSA's Risk

New York Governor Hochul signs an executive order restricting state government employees from “insider trading in prediction markets”

New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order on Wednesday, April 22, barring state officials and employees from using nonpublic information obtained through their positions to place bets in prediction markets, or from assisting any third party in engaging in the foregoing conduct. On the same day, prediction market platform Kalshi announced that it had completed an internal investigation into three political candidates who placed bets in their own campaign activities, and imposed fines and suspensions on them.

The SEC received a joint letter signed by 30 firms, calling for the establishment of regulatory rules for DeFi brokers.

The DeFi Education Fund (DeFi Education Fund) on April 21 jointly with more than 30 cryptocurrency industry organizations submitted a joint letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), urging the SEC to adopt the “notice-and-comment” formal rulemaking process and to convert the current staff statements regarding decentralized tools into formal rules with lasting effect.

The Thailand SEC releases a regulatory proposal allowing digital asset firms to directly apply for derivative brand licenses.

According to an April 23 announcement from the Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the agency has formally submitted amendments to its digital asset derivatives business licensing rules. The proposal would allow firms that already hold digital asset operating licenses to apply directly for a derivatives business license without needing to establish a separate legal entity. The proposal also introduces requirements for managing conflicts of interest for companies that engage in both digital asset and derivatives businesses, and it calls for financial standards for derivatives exchanges and clearing institutions to align with international benchmarks.

Kalshi: Three candidates illegally bet on their own campaigns, fined and barred for five years

According to a report by The New York Times on April 23, Kalshi, a prediction market platform, issued disciplinary actions to three political candidates who attempted to bet on their own election campaigns, and the relevant disciplinary action letters have been posted on Kalshi’s website. Bobby Deno, head of enforcement and legal counsel at Kalshi, said the sanctions are part of the platform’s “proactive engineering solution,” designed to identify trading activity that violates the platform’s recently updated rules.