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Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC, the local financial market regulator) announced on November 5 that the Bitget website, related domains and mobile application will be blocked in the country starting December 5. At the same time, a criminal complaint has been filed against the exchange operator, BG Limited, for operating without a license.
Hong Kong has passed a law under the OECD standard: starting in 2027, crypto platforms will begin collecting data on clients and their transactions, and from 2028 the city will begin transmitting this data to the tax authorities of other countries. The announcement was released on November 4, 2026.
In October, the comparison site PropFirmMatch admitted that clicks on company profiles and promo codes opened their websites through its affiliate links. Three prop firms terminated the partnership, and the head of Topstep revealed the price of a listing - $10,000 a month.
Payward, the parent company of the Kraken exchange, is set to become the first operator of perpetual futures on the Hyperliquid blockchain operating under the supervision of the US regulator CFTC. The announcement came out on October 26, 2026; no launch date was given.
The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC, the regulator of national banks) has granted Ripple final approval to launch Ripple National Trust Bank. Now the $2.5 billion in RLUSD stablecoin reserves will be managed under federal oversight.
The AFSA regulator reported on October 20 that the court of the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) has banned six crypto platforms from providing and advertising services with digital assets without a license. The ban applies within the financial centre and is not nationwide.
