On February 4, 2026, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) of Luxembourg published Version 7 of its FAQ Crypto-Assets — Undertakings for Collective Investment, updating guidance that was first published in November 2021 under the title FAQ Virtual Assets — Undertakings for Collective Investment. The FAQ update is a supervisory guidance document; it does not constitute binding regulation but reflects the CSSF's current supervisory expectations and the application of...

On 5 March 2026, the Central Bank of Ireland published Discussion Paper 12 (DP12), titled "Distributed Ledger Technology and Tokenisation in Financial Services." The paper is at the consultation stage; it does not constitute proposed rulemaking and carries no binding legal effect. The Central Bank invites written submissions by 5 June 2026, after which it will publish a feedback statement. The Central Bank issued DP12 under its mandate to maintain monetary and financial stability and to...

On 18 February 2026, SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins and Commissioner Hester M. Peirce delivered remarks at the ETHDenver conference in Denver, Colorado. The speech — delivered in the form of a public dialogue — constituted an official statement by Chairman Atkins in his capacity as the 34th Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Chairman Atkins confirmed that the SEC has ended regulation by enforcement of crypto assets and described a detailed 2026 regulatory agenda for digital...