Russia’s lower house financial markets committee approved amendments to a cryptocurrency regulation bill that drop a plan to require residents to disclose wallet addresses. The revision would instead require reporting only of holdings and transaction volumes, and it adds provisions guaranteeing judicial protection for crypto holdings regardless of past reporting. It keeps investor categories but limits non-qualified investors to high-liquidity assets and sets an annual buying cap of 300,000 roubles per regulated broker.

The Election Broadcast Deliberation Committee for South Korea\'s 9th nationwide local elections held its first meeting on Tuesday at the Broadcasting Hall in Mok-dong and elected Lee Jong-su as chair and Won Jun-hee as vice chair. It also adopted and published guidance for broadcasters to ensure fair election coverage, including compliance with reporting standards for election polls, limits on candidates\' appearances and maintaining fairness and objectivity.