A trading platform and its CEO settled SEC charges for operating as a broker-dealer, an exchange and a clearing agency of crypto asset securities without registering with the SEC.

A Colombia-based financial holding company and its merchant bank subsidiary resolved separate SEC and DOJ charges for bribery in connection with a highway construction project.

President Joseph R. Biden issued an Executive Order restricting certain U.S. investments in "covered national security technologies and products" in the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong and Macau.

The Federal Reserve Board provided guidance to banking organizations on (i) supervision over "novel activities" and (ii) the process for state member banks to follow before engaging with dollar token or stablecoin activity.

The SEC approved a FINRA proposal to establish new order routing disclosure report publication requirements for OTC and National Market System equity securities orders.