Make Crypto Make Sense™
Institutional intelligence before the institutions arrive.
Every week, we track what moved across SEC, ESMA, MAS, FINMA, and 20+ regulatory bodies — and tell you what it means for your desk. Built from primary sources. Written for professionals.
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Essential Analysis
- •MiCA's Passport Problem: Europe's Crypto Single Market Is Fracturing Before It Begins
Why MiCA's single-market promise is fragmenting across 27 implementation regimes.
- •UK Property (Digital Assets) Act 2025 Guide
The legal framework that finally gives digital assets property rights under English law.
- •Stablecoins vs CBDCs vs Tokenized Deposits
The structural comparison your treasury team needs before choosing rails.
- •Off-Bank FX Settlement Regulatory Guide
How settlement is moving outside traditional banking — and what regulators are doing about it.
- •EU MiCA Enforcement Heatmap
Which member states are enforcing, which are delaying, and what that means for your licensing strategy.
This Week's Intelligence
- •The ECB Just Connected Tokenised Securities to Central Bank Money— Apr 4, 2026
Pontes DLT bridge enters TARGET Services integration. Bank of Canada settles first tokenised bond with wholesale CBDC.
- •Four Months Until the EU AI Act Hits Your AML Systems— Apr 3, 2026
High-risk obligations apply August 2. SEC names AI governance a 2026 exam priority. FINRA targets agentic AI.
- •The UAE Now Has Three Crypto Regulators— Apr 2, 2026
CMA Decision No. 4/R.M/2026 creates a federal framework. VARA and ADGM issued separate rules the same week.
- •Australia Is the First G20 Nation to Licence Crypto Platforms— Apr 2, 2026
Parliament passed an AFSL requirement for exchanges and custodians. AUSTRAC's Travel Rule follows 1 July.
Analysis built from BIS, ECB, ESMA, FINMA, MAS, SEC, FATF, and 90+ primary sources per week. Written by a cross-border transactions lawyer since 1998.
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