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Last month, BitMEX announced that it would shut down permanently on September 23. Around the same time, crypto data platform CryptoRank reported that at least 17 major crypto projects had shut down or entered bankruptcy since the start of 2026. Together, those projects had disclosed more than $8.9 billion in funding.

On July 24, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) denied Wise's application for a US national trust bank charter, citing unresolved compliance deficiencies. Wise shares fell sharply on the news.

We have recently written extensively about payments and compliance for tokenized US stocks. It has been a while since we returned to our core area of expertise: crypto licensing.

In the first two pieces of this payments series, CryptoLicense looked at card networks and banks. Card networks are changing the settlement layer: Visa is using USDC for settlement, and Mastercard spent USD 1.8 billion to acquire BVNK as a bridge.

The market is heating up, but the models differ sharply. Binance is using the FSRA prospectus route in Abu Dhabi. Bitget relies on Alpaca as broker and custodian for the underlying shares,

In the previous piece, the CryptoLicense team looked at how Visa and Mastercard are connecting to stablecoins: the card networks are changing the settlement layer by embedding on-chain capabilities into existing payment networks.

Recently, the CryptoLicense team attended Money 20/20 in Bangkok. The shift in conversation was unmistakable: crypto payments had become one of the dominant topics, drawing more interest than we had anticipated.

When most people think about crypto-friendly jurisdictions, Singapore and Dubai come to mind first. But a smaller, less obvious name has been quietly entering the conversation this year: Bhutan.

When most people think about crypto-friendly jurisdictions, Singapore and Dubai come to mind first. But a smaller, less obvious name has been quietly entering the conversation this year: Bhutan.