On March 26, 2026, the European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) and Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) voted in joint session to adopt a report proposing an amendment to the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) that would extend the application deadlines for obligations applicable to high-risk AI systems. The vote passed 569 votes in favour and 45 against. The proposal extends the application...

On March 17, 2026, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an interpretive release clarifying how federal securities laws apply to certain crypto assets and transactions. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) joined the release, confirming it will administer the Commodity Exchange Act consistently with the SEC's interpretation. The release became effective March 23, 2026, upon publication in the Federal Register. The controlling authority is SEC Interpretive Release...

The Bank of England published consultation paper "Proposed regulatory regime for sterling-denominated systemic stablecoins" on 10 November 2025. The consultation closed on 10 February 2026. The Bank will use responses to inform Codes of Practice, which it plans to consult on and finalise later in 2026. The Bank published this consultation in its role as prudential regulator for payment systems recognised as systemically important under the Banking Act 2009. The statutory basis for the...