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The Bank of Korea requires 18 banks and 13 securities firms to submit updates on virtual asset business activities, risk assessments, and risk-management measures, and to assess the potential impact of scenarios such as major exchange incidents.
South Korea’s Financial Services Commission reportedly will November 5 convene a financial-sector AI security threat response roundtable, attended by the heads of the country’s five major banks.
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig discusses at Frontier Forum AI the regulatory accountability, registration, and risk-management issues that may arise when agents hold assets and trade autonomously. His remarks describe a future scenario and disclose no specific regulatory measures.
CFTC Chair Mike Selig discussed at the AI forum the registration, liability, and identity verification issues that arise as AI agents move toward autonomous trading; the forum issued no new rules or guidance.
Alpaca said its Middle East entity has received Abu Dhabi FSRA in-principle approval for its financial services license application. The entity has not yet obtained a formal license and may not conduct regulated activities at this stage.
The New York State Department of Financial Services issued alerts regarding critical PHP vulnerabilities known to be exploited, urging regulated entities to identify and remediate them as soon as possible.
BlockBeats reported that Switzerland's FINMA has approved the country's first spot Bitcoin product for retail investors ETF, using a regulated investment fund structure.
Ding Xiangqun, Director of the National Financial Regulatory Administration, stated at the 2026 opening ceremony of the Financial Street Forum Annual Conference that oversight of financial activities spanning regions and departments, as well as those involving new business forms and new products, will be strengthened to achieve full coverage and no exceptions.
Lee Chan-jin, Governor of South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service, stated during a parliamentary audit that the listing of single-stock leveraged products ETF affected South Korean stock market volatility to some extent, and apologized for not actively preventing their listing.
Sources say that, starting July 1, 2027, Russian residents may be prohibited from trading crypto assets through self-custodied wallets and from transferring assets from regulated brokers into such wallets; transactions must be conducted through licensed platforms.
The OCC released a final report stating that nine major banks had restricted access to financial services based on political or religious beliefs and certain lawful business activities, with industries such as digital assets implicated.
Backed by 37 major European banks, Qivalis has obtained an electronic money institution license from the Dutch central bank, bringing it closer to issuing EUR-denominated electronic money tokens. The company must still complete the remaining MiCA requirements and publish a white paper.