The Bank of Korea will draft a Foreign Exchange Transactions Act amendment covering stablecoins as payment means by year-end, while Korea's 2027 crypto tax faces a fresh review.

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The OCC's final GENIUS Act rule drops the affiliate rewards presumption but keeps the stablecoin yield ban, effective 18 January 2027, with no grandfathering.

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Ramp has asked the US regulator for a national trust charter to custody digital assets, filed weeks after community bankers sued over crypto trust charters.

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France's National Assembly voted 38-37 to end tax deferral on crypto-to-stablecoin swaps from January 2027, under the 31.4% capital gains levy.

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Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino says wallet freezes cut Iran-linked USDT volumes 94%, rebutting a Senate report on shadow banking flows. He posted the figures on 19 October.

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The EBA has classified Circle's USDC as the EU's first significant e-money token under MiCA, with joint EBA-ACPR supervision from 12 November 2026.

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A BIS working paper finds a one basis point rise in bank deposit rates cut ten-week stablecoin growth from about 15% to about 12%, with USDC more sensitive than USDT.

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MSCI adopts rules that could remove Strategy and Metaplanet from its global indexes, with the final list of affected companies due on 11 November and removals effective 30 November.

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MUFG, Mizuho and SMBC completed Japan's first joint yen stablecoin pilot, testing cross-border payments for Mitsubishi Corporation with real transactions targeted in fiscal 2026.

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Bitcoin slid toward $81,300 support after September CPI exceeded forecasts, liquidating more than $220 million in crypto positions.

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