In February 2026, the Dubai Land Department launched the second phase of its real estate tokenization pilot after roughly $5 million in property was tokenized into about 7.8 million tradable tokens. Infrastructure partner Ctrl Alt will issue Asset-Referenced Virtual Asset management tokens on the XRP Ledger, with Ripple Custody securing onchain transactions, while DarGlobal and Trump-backed World Liberty Financial plan to tokenize the development phase of a Trump-branded resort in the Maldives through Securitize.

On Wednesday, lawmakers and industry leaders are set to convene at Mar-a-Lago for a crypto policy forum organized by World Liberty Financial, co-founded by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. Ahead of the gathering, WLFI climbed more than 23% to about $0.12 from $0.10, with 24-hour volume above $466 million, while President Trump was not slated to appear.

CFTC chair Michael Selig said the agency filed an amicus brief to protect its exclusive authority over prediction markets and cautioned that state-level challenges would be met in court. His comments accompanied ongoing state actions targeting event-contract platforms, a Wall Street Journal op-ed he authored, a letter from 23 senators urging restraint, and a November court hearing he referenced.

On Monday, the Nevada Gaming Control Board filed a civil enforcement action in the First Judicial District Court against Coinbase Financial Markets, alleging it offered unlicensed wagers on sports event contracts. The regulator is seeking a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to halt Coinbase's operation of a derivatives exchange and prediction market tied to sporting bets, shortly after Coinbase announced prediction markets across all 50 U.S. states through a partnership with Kalshi.

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said the country will move to ban social media access for children under 16 and mandate age verification, with legal changes starting next week. He added that executives could face criminal liability for failures to remove illegal or hateful content. Sánchez announced the measures at the World Governments Summit in Dubai.

According to CertiK, physical coercion of crypto wallet holders increased sharply in 2025, with 72 verified cases worldwide and an approximate 75% rise from 2024. Confirmed losses reached $40.9 million, while France tallied 19 incidents and Europe accounted for about 40% of global cases. The firm warned this threat now sits at the center of ecosystem risk.

On Jan. 29, US senators on the Agriculture Committee opened a markup session on the Digital Commodity Intermediaries Act, a long-debated crypto market structure bill. Lawmakers are set to vote on 11 amendments, including measures on CFTC leadership, ethics rules and foreign interference, as they work to clarify federal oversight of digital asset markets.

US lawmakers are set to return to Capitol Hill on Wednesday after weather delays. On Thursday, the Senate Agriculture Committee will mark up the Digital Commodity Intermediaries Act, while one amendment proposes the law not take effect until at least four CFTC commissioners are Senate-confirmed. The Banking Committee's markup was postponed after Coinbase withdrew support.

On Monday, a spokesperson for Senate Agriculture Committee Chair John Boozman said the committee shifted its markup of the Digital Commodity Intermediaries Act from Tuesday to Thursday. The CFTC also moved a joint digital-asset oversight event with the SEC by two days to Thursday. The schedule changes followed a winter storm that closed the Senate and other federal offices.