The SEC has registered Paxos Securities Settlement Company as a clearing agency, making it the first blockchain-native firm approved for central securities depository services under federal securities law.

Finland's financial regulator (FIN-FSA) granted registration to the first five crypto service providers—Localbitcoins, Northcrypto, Prasos, Prasos Cash Management, and Tesseract Group—effective November 1, 2019. The new regulation requires compliance with AML/CFT standards; unregistered providers face bans and fines.

Finland's president has signed the Act on Virtual Currency Providers, requiring crypto exchanges, wallet providers, and token issuers to register with FIN-FSA by May 1, 2019, with a transitional period until Nov 1 for existing operators. Strict AML/CFT and fund segregation rules apply.