The SEC approved NYSE Arca’s rule change on 12 June 2026 to list the T. Rowe Price Active Crypto ETF. The fund is designed to hold 5 to 15 digital assets selected from an eligible list of 15, including bitcoin, ether, Solana and XRP. The approval makes it one of the first actively managed, multi-asset crypto funds from a major traditional asset manager to gain US regulatory clearance.

New York’s Department of Financial Services proposed a state stablecoin regulation on 9 June 2026, aiming to align with the federal GENIUS Act and qualify for Treasury certification. The draft keeps the 2022 1:1 reserve and audit standards but adds custodian concentration caps and a ban on issuer self-custody of reserves, with final rules expected to take effect alongside the GENIUS Act around 18 January 2027 and a 12-month transition for current licensees.

ESMA said the MiCA transitional period will end on 1 July 2026 across all 27 EU member states, leaving crypto-asset service providers serving EU clients required to hold a MiCA licence. It warned that firms operating without authorisation after that date would be in breach of EU law and must stop offering those services.

Tether blacklisted Tron wallet TBzrPEsStbZAUx2SBhD4oHz8UW3FX9Ak9W at 07:37 UTC on 12 June 2026, freezing 72,030,295 USDT. The frozen address was tied to a connected wallet that received 120.2 million USDT on 11 June 2026 and later routed funds to KuCoin, instant exchanges, and bridges. ZachXBT also associated the same wallet cluster with Monero buy activity ahead of an XMR intraday high of $438 on 12 June.

On February 5, 2026, the Ethereum Foundation launched the Trillion Dollar Security Dashboard, a public tool tracking risks across six areas including smart contracts, infrastructure, and the consensus protocol. The dashboard reports active mitigations and progress metrics for an ecosystem securing more than $600 billion in on-chain capital.

In early February 2026, the Coinbase Premium Index declined to -167.8, the weakest level since December 2024, signaling pronounced selling pressure from institutions using Coinbase. US spot Bitcoin ETFs shifted from accumulating 46,000 BTC in 2025 to offloading 10,600 BTC in 2026, creating a 56,000 BTC demand gap and aligning with sustained negative Coinbase premium readings since mid-October 2025.

On 4 February 2026 and 30 January 2026, Bhutan executed two Bitcoin transfers to QCP Capital totaling more than $22 million, reducing its holdings as on-chain data attributed to Arkham Intelligence shows. Since the April 2024 halving cut block rewards from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC, the country's average production cost per Bitcoin has climbed to $37,856, while its overall reserves have declined from 13,295 BTC in October 2024 to 5,700 BTC by February 2026.

India will begin exchanging crypto-asset transaction details under the OECD's CARF on 1 April 2027. Penalties effective 1 April 2026 set ₹200 per day for failing to file required statements and ₹50,000 for inaccurate submissions. The existing 30% tax on gains and 1% TDS on certain transactions remain unchanged.

On 2 February 2026, Tether introduced MiningOS, an open-source operating system tailored for Bitcoin mining and licensed under Apache 2.0. The platform, presented at the 2026 Plan ₿ forum in El Salvador, aims to replace proprietary mining tools, with a community-driven Mining SDK planned for future release.