The regulator shifts from treating AI as a business tool to treating it as a systemic market variable, and compliance teams need an inspection-ready evidence trail for tokenised products.
Utah’s attorney general has sued Kalshi, the prediction-market platform, arguing it operates an illegal gambling operation and describing the firm as the manager of a back-alley gambling den. Utah also declared the activity a public nuisance. The case adds another state-level challenge to event contracts, building on pressure event-contract platforms already face from regulators over whether such products count as gambling or regulated derivatives.
A U.S. federal judge denied on October 16 a joint motion by Gemini Trust and the CFTC to vacate a prior $5 million settlement, raising the bar for crypto firms seeking to unwind regulatory consent decrees.
The EBA designated Circle’s USDC as the EU’s first significant e-money token under MiCA, with enhanced supervision effective November 12, 2026. The move signals substantive enforcement of stablecoin oversight in the EU and reshapes the global stablecoin landscape.
彭博社10月15日报道，苹果将在中国市场为其iPhone设备正式上线与人工智能相关的功能，但接受了监管部门附加的多项条件。这被视为苹果在主要海外市场推进端侧大模型能力时与当地监管现实之间达成的最新平衡，也意味着苹果AI在主要海外市场正式落地进入关键阶段。
AI company Anthropic released its latest model safety report on October 13, warning that frontier AI models are only months away from self-replication on smart devices including home appliances, robots, and industrial control systems. The report calls on the industry to quickly establish unified smart device security standards and recommends that government regulators step in to set minimum security baselines.
The French legislature passed a supportive vote on October 12 requiring mandatory reporting for crypto wallet holders with assets exceeding €100,000 (approximately $112,000). Failure to declare qualifying assets could result in fines of up to €10,000.
据《华盛顿邮报》报道,美国总统特朗普拟任命前证券交易委员会主席杰伊·克莱顿出任新设的"人工智能事务协调主管"一职,负责统筹联邦AI政策与监管框架。克莱顿此前在证券监管领域经验丰富,近年深度参与人工智能产业投资,其上任被视为白宫试图以"市场友好"路径推进AI治理的关键信号。报道同时披露,白宫正在起草一项关于AI基础设施与算力供应链的行政令草案,与新设职位形成配套机制。
According to Reuters, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has formally launched an antitrust investigation into several leading AI companies including Anthropic and OpenAI. The probe will focus on training data sourcing, partnerships, and potential market dominance. This marks the first systematic U.S. regulatory scrutiny of frontier AI companies and signals a shift from pure innovation-first policy to innovation-plus-regulation in the AI sector.
The Block reported on Friday that a federal appeals court ruled Kalshi has not adequately demonstrated that its sports event contracts qualify as swaps under the Commodity Exchange Act, leaving the prediction market platform on the losing side of litigation against Ohio and Tennessee sports betting regulators and widening the split among US federal circuits.