Crypto-asset service provider, MiCA's licensed category for exchanges, custodians, and brokers in the EU.

Combating the financing of terrorism, usually paired with AML programs.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which oversees commodity derivatives and has treated Bitcoin and ether as commodities.

The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025, H.R.3633, a U.S. House-origin market-structure bill with subsequent Senate consideration.

The U.S. statute that gives the CFTC authority over commodity futures, swaps, and fraud in interstate commodity markets.

Transfer restrictions, freeze functions, or allowlists built into regulated tokens.

Selective disclosure designs that aim to satisfy audits without full public ledgers.

An ATS that lists digital-asset securities. Few exist, and they are not the same as a Binance-style CEX.

When public officials or their affiliates earn from tokens or exchanges while setting policy that affects those markets.

A currency transaction report for large cash moves. Crypto analogs appear as threshold transfer reports.