The Deregulation Investor's Catalyst Calendar

Pulled from our own reporting and the SEC's open-comment list. Every item links to its source. Updated Oct. 10, 2026.

Upcoming Dates to Watch

• Oct 15, 2026 (Clearing and post-trade)
  Comments close on four requests from foreign and new clearing houses to operate in the U.S. SEC list
• Oct 20, 2026 (Crypto issuers and venues)
  Comments close on the SEC's Regulation Crypto Assets proposal. SEC list
• Nov 20, 2026 (Issuers, proxy services)
  Comments close on ending the shareholder proposal rule and on the proxy-solicitation rewrite. Read the piece
• Dec 1, 2026 (Oil and gas operators)
  New Mexico's Environmental Improvement Board opens its hearing on a state super emitter program, the day federal rollback looms. Read the piece
• Dec 4, 2026 (Private markets, alternatives)
  Comments close on the SEC's six new accredited-investor paths. Read the piece
• Dec 7, 2026 (Custodians, crypto custody)
  Comments close on the SEC's 760-page custody proposal. Read the piece
• Jan 1, 2027 (Regional banks)
  The temporary waiver holding the Fed's 1994-era Regulation O insider-lending thresholds together lapses; a proposed 4x reset is pending. Read the piece
• Jan 1, 2027 (MP Materials)
  Tightened waivers for six critical defense materials take effect under a new executive order targeting China's magnet supply chain. Read the piece
• Apr 1, 2027 (Japanese banks)
  Japan's dismantling of the consent rule blocking bank fraud data-sharing fully switches on. Read the piece

Live Now, Still Developing

• California's AI labelling statute ($5,000/day per violation, three named enforcers) switched on August 2. Read the piece
• The SEC's Regulation E-Delivery proposal would end default paper mail across every SEC-registered filer, an estimated $462.6 million a year saved, mostly out of one vendor's revenue line. Read the piece
• Basel Endgame's 2026 revisions cut required capital most for the smallest banks, while the largest US bank discloses its own requirement would rise. Read the piece

Already Passed

• Aug 19, 2026 (Spirits importers)
  A statute dormant since 1930 put a 50% duty on Canadian alcoholic beverages. Read the piece
• Sep 11, 2026 (URA, PICK)
  Excluded acreage at Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante opened to mineral and mining-law entry. Read the piece
• Sep 21, 2026 (Telecom / fiber buildout)
  Comment period closed on the FCC's proposed 120-day clock for municipal wireline permits. Read the piece

This calendar covers a selection of the regulatory actions The Free Markets Report has followed since July. New dates go in as they show up.

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