The Republic of the Marshall Islands has supported blockchain-based initiatives. Now the IMF suggests imposing a moratorium on the registration of DAOs and says that the launch of a stablecoin in the RMI is 'especially concerning'.

The LBRY project for free media on the blockchain has lost its appeal against the U.S. SEC. There were concerns that the court ruling may have set a precedent for larger crypto disputes by the SEC.

A U.S. judge ruled yesterday that Ripple's XRP token is not a security for programmatic sales. Several exchanges are planning to relist XRP on their platforms following the ruling, and many major crypto prices saw a boost.

Denmark's financial authority ordered Saxo bank to sell its cryptocurrency holdings after asserting that it did not constitute a legitimate business activity for a financial institution.

Korean lawmakers have passed a law that sets the rules for virtual asset operators in the country. Claimed by the authors to be ‘essential’ rather than ‘holistic’, the law consolidates all drafts pending in parliament and reflects international regulatory trends.

As part of its work on the digital euro, the European Commission has proposed a definition and regulation for ‘legal tender’ of euro coins and banknotes, as seemingly this has never previously existed in official legislation.

Hong Kong authorities recently implemented a rule that crypto tokens must be included on at least two indices to be retail-tradable. So a Hong Kong rating agency created a new index of tokens including BNB, Dogecoin, XRP and Tron, much to the joy of CZ and Justin Sun.

CACEIS Bank registered as a crypto custodian with French authorities, just before stricter regulations come into force for digital asset service providers.