There is a recent regulatory change which does not directly impacts your product, but that opened a new avenue of opportunity to your product. Anyone who adapts first will gain the market share. You are just mid-way of your existing sprint, but every day counts. Will you cancel the current sprint and work on the new opportunity features?

There is a recent regulatory change which does not directly impacts yo

1.	There is a recent regulatory change which does not directly impacts your product, but that opened a new avenue of opportunity to your product. Anyone who adapts first will gain the market share. You are just mid-way of your existing sprint, but every day counts. Will you cancel the current sprint and work on the new opportunity features?
Answer» If the requirement is such that it may create new opportunity or HELP in GAINING the MARKET share for first mover (such as it happened for fintech companies like PayTM in INDIA during demonetization ANNOUNCED by government in 2016), the product owner should act on it. The Product Owner has the authority and can cancel the current sprint if he deems it fit, adds item to product backlog and reprioritize it.