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Regulation Campaign News Health & Science Donation India

Indian Government Recommends Official Crowdfunding Portal for Rare Disease Treatment Donations

The Indian government has advised that donations for Manashree Choudhury's SMA treatment be routed through its official digital crowdfunding portal for rare diseases. This portal, established under the National Policy for Rare Diseases, aims to ensure transparency and proper use of voluntary contributions. Concerns have been raised about unauthorised fundraising via personal accounts, prompting calls for stricter oversight.

Platform Update Regulation Startups Equity USA

CfPA Introduces Best Practice for Crowdfunding Platforms on SEC Reporting Obligations

The Crowdfunding Professional Association (CfPA) has released a standardized best practice for Reg CF intermediaries to help companies stay compliant with SEC annual reporting requirements. The initiative includes a template for issuer acknowledgment of ongoing obligations, aiming to reduce noncompliance and boost investor confidence. Several platforms have already adopted the new standard.

Regulation Tokenized USA

SEC Approves Franklin Templeton Funds’ Use of Blockchain-Based Money Market Vehicle

The SEC's Division of Investment Management has issued a no-action letter permitting Franklin Templeton's registered funds to invest in its own blockchain-based money market fund for cash management. The decision addresses custody arrangements and marks a significant regulatory milestone for onchain fund structures. This move could influence broader adoption of blockchain in traditional fund management.

Regulation Tokenized USA

SEC to Vote on New Crypto Asset Offering Regime with Potential Exemptions

The SEC is set to meet to discuss and potentially approve new rules for a bespoke offering regime for certain investment contracts involving crypto assets. The proposed regulation may introduce exemptions similar to Reg CF or Reg A, with capped funding amounts and scaled disclosures. The rules are expected to be approved by the pro-crypto Commission and could take effect within months.

Regulation Tokenized United Kingdom

UK FCA Reviews Regulatory Framework for Gold Tokenization

The UK Financial Conduct Authority is reportedly developing a regulatory framework for the tokenization of gold. The review considers how tokenized gold could be used as collateral in wholesale markets. London, a major global gold trading hub, aims to maintain its leadership as digital asset adoption grows. The FCA's oversight would cover gold-based derivatives and exchange-traded products.

Regulation Campaign News Donation Cyprus

Cyprus Authorities Investigate Legality of Drousiotis Crowdfunding Campaign

Cyprus police are investigating whether journalist Makarios Drousiotis' crowdfunding campaign for legal expenses violates national fundraising law. The probe follows a complaint from the interior ministry and raises questions about the law's applicability to online platforms based abroad. The campaign, hosted on GoGetFunding, reached its €50,000 target in three days.

Platform Update Regulation Startups Equity USA

Netcapital Faces SEC Fraud Charges Over Consulting Revenue and Sham Deals

The SEC has charged Netcapital, a securities crowdfunding platform, with fraud related to improperly recorded consulting revenue and alleged sham deals involving advisory board member John Fanning. The charges claim that fraudulent agreements inflated Netcapital's revenue as it sought new investment. The company's CFO and Fanning are named as defendants, and the case centers on activities tied to Netcapital Funding Portal and Netcapital Advisors.

Platform Update Regulation Startups Tokenized USA

GUARDD Engages SEC on Secondary Trading Rules for Tokenized Exempt Securities

GUARDD, a fintech platform supporting private companies issuing tokenized exempt securities, recently met with the SEC to discuss regulatory pathways for secondary trading. The discussions focused on standardizing disclosures to enable compliant trading on Alternative Trading Systems and overcoming state-by-state regulatory hurdles. GUARDD highlighted the lack of liquidity for crowdfunded securities and proposed solutions to improve secondary mar…

Regulation SME P2P lending Indonesia

OJK Sanctions 39 P2P Lending and 21 Multifinance Firms in July 2026

Indonesia's Financial Services Authority (OJK) imposed sanctions on 39 fintech P2P lending platforms and 21 multifinance companies during July 2026. The regulatory action targets compliance and operational issues within the sector. Details on the nature of the sanctions and affected firms were not disclosed in the excerpt.

Regulation Romania Europe

European Commission Assessment Enables Romania to Launch Alternative Financing Mechanism

The European Commission completed a pillar assessment of Romania's Investment and Development Bank, allowing the country to establish an alternative financing mechanism for strategic initiatives. Deloitte Romania and Reff & Associates assisted in the evaluation, which fulfills a milestone in Romania's National Recovery and Resilience Plan. The assessment strengthens the bank's capacity to manage EU-funded financial instruments.

Platform Update Regulation SME Tokenized Brazil

Brazilian Regulator Proposes Major Changes to Tokenized Crowdfunding Rules

The Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) has proposed significant amendments to Resolution 88, which governs tokenized credit offerings through crowdfunding. The draft regulation would raise the maximum offering size but introduce new obligations, such as appointing a trustee, potentially increasing costs for platforms and issuers. Industry experts warn that the changes could restrict market growth and access to alternative financin…

Regulation Startups Equity USA

SEC Forum Recommends Raising Crowdfunding Limits and Modernizing Crypto Asset Regulation

Participants at the SEC's 45th Annual Small Business Forum recommended increasing the annual crowdfunding cap from $5 million to $20 million and updating regulations for crypto assets classified as securities. The forum's report to Congress also suggests expanding the accredited investor definition and creating new exemptions to support small business capital formation. These recommendations aim to ease capital-raising for early-stage and growth …

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Crowdfunding Weekly Digest: October 12–18, 2026

The Crowdfunding Professional Association released a voluntary reporting standard that gives Reg CF and Reg A platforms a common format for investment, payment, and performance data. Elsewhere, rulebooks sat at four different stages — drafted in Ethiopia, discussed by a US advisory committee, clarified by ESMA, and enforced in China. Funding data showed capital clustering […]

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Crowdfunding Weekly Digest: October 5–11, 2026

Malaysia put RM270 million of public money behind equity crowdfunding and P2P platforms in its 2027 budget, while regulators in France, the US, and Indonesia dealt with the other side of the story: gaps in investor protection. The market data pointed the same way. Reg CF cooled in September, and Asian P2P lending kept growing […]

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Crowdfunding Weekly Digest: September 28–October 4, 2026

A petition to quadruple Reg CF’s fundraising cap dominated the regulatory conversation last week, landing alongside a SEC update to the accredited investor definition and a wave of enforcement action spanning the US and Nigeria. Europe and India’s P2P lending markets sat at different levels of maturity — Europe reporting routine volumes, one of India’s […]

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Crowdfunding Weekly Digest: September 21–27, 2026

Liquidity was the thread running under last week’s headlines. Crowdcube built the plumbing to let crowd investors actually sell their shares before an exit, and a Reg CF-funded subsidiary is buying its own crowd investors out entirely. Underneath that, new data complicated the US Reg CF growth story: capital is concentrating around a small pool […]

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Crowdfunding Weekly Digest: September 14–20, 2026

One of equity crowdfunding’s most famous success stories became its starkest cautionary tale last week, as BrewDog’s collapse left roughly 200,000 crowd investors with worthless shares. Elsewhere, donation crowdfunding showed real strain on two different continents, while the Middle East and Africa kept building targeted alternative-finance infrastructure, and the EU’s crowdfunding passport quietly expanded to […]

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Crowdfunding Weekly Digest: September 7–13, 2026

The SEC proposed a new way for retail investors to reach private securities last week — through advisors, not direct investment, a notably different model from the one crowdfunding itself pioneered. US Reg CF activity ticked back up in August after July’s pullback, even as fewer investors made the commitments. And Italy had a busy […]

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Crowdfunding Weekly Digest: August 31 – September 6, 2026

A viral campaign to buy Spirit Airlines collapsed last week, exposing a huge gap between pledges and real committed capital. Beyond that lesson, several product campaigns closed strong, Saudi Arabia licensed new providers under its established crowdfunding framework, and Ireland’s new savings scheme drew backlash for leaving crowdfunding out entirely. Lead Story Campaign to buy […]

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Crowdfunding Weekly Digest: August 24–30, 2026

The SEC moved on both ends of the Reg CF pipeline last week, filing fraud actions against a platform and an issuer in the same seven days. Underneath that, the UK market kept consolidating even as its regulator tightened further, core Reg CF and Reg A volumes confirmed a summer pullback, and a run of […]

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