Weekly Digital Assets Regulatory Brief: Week 17-2026
14 signals across 10 jurisdictions: the EU formally adopts the 20th Russia sanctions package with a full sectorial ban on Russian crypto-asset service providers, DeFi platforms, RUBx, and the digital rouble; BIS FSI Paper 27 reframes multifunction cryptoasset intermediaries as bank-like entities; the FCA runs its first coordinated on-site P2P crypto crackdown and leads a 17-regulator global finfluencer action; the Fed, OCC, and FDIC issue SR 26-2, first MRM revision in 15 years; OFAC sanctions a Cambodian pig-butchering scam network defrauding Americans; Russia's State Duma passes crypto bill first reading; ASIC publishes 18-month DAF Act roadmap; Vietnam advances pilot crypto-asset licensing; ECB signs digital euro standards agreements; BIS and Bank of Italy deliver parallel speeches on stablecoin coordination.