25 briefs
VARA fined KuCoin (Peken Global) for serving Dubai customers without a VARA licence — a perimeter-enforcement signal for any offshore VASP with UAE exposure.
U.S. persons must block and report property of the 35 designated Prince Group TCO persons and cannot transact with them
Bank sanctions-screening teams must block payments and freeze US-jurisdiction property involving the newly listed ISIS-linked SDNs
Offshore VASPs serving Dubai without a VARA licence or UAE KYC face fines and cease-and-desist enforcement.
VARA-licensed VASPs face financial penalties where supervisory inspection finds AML programme control failures, regardless of full cooperation.
DCMs can convert perpetual-style digital commodity futures to true perpetuals only by meeting the letter's conditions and filing before the relief expires 30 June 2026
Sanctions-screening teams must add six individuals and four Iran-based crypto exchange entities to SDN filters immediately — NOBITEX network carries secondary sanctions exposure affecting non-US counterparties.
KalshiEX must operate BTCPERP under full CEA and CFTC compliance; all other DCMs must obtain separate Regulation 40.3 approval before listing any perpetual contract on assets outside the Order.
DCMs, SEFs, DCOs, and FCMs must satisfy CFTC staff expectations and conduct asset-class suitability assessments before extending operations to 24/7 trading, clearing, or settlement — proceeding without that pre-compliance creates enforcement exposure.
FCMs posting customer-owned digital commodities or stablecoins with affiliated foreign brokers as margin must satisfy MPD's specified conditions and ensure the foreign broker holds a right of re-use — transfers outside those conditions carry full enforcement exposure.
Online money gaming platforms and offshore operators must provision for retrospective 28% GST on the full face value of player stakes
VATPs and licensed corporations must adopt revised licensing conditions and update disclosures, client classification, and SFC-notification workflows before conducting Relevant Stablecoin activities
