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SEC Delays Tokenized Stock Framework as Industry Lobbying Intensifies
The Securities and Exchange Commission is pumping the brakes on its push to greenlight tokenized stock trading through an "innovation exemption," acco...
Legal Reckoning: FTX's Law Firm Fenwick & West Coughs Up $54M in Settlement
Fenwick & West, the prestigious law firm that advised FTX, has agreed to a $54 million settlement with victims of the collapsed crypto exchange. The ...
CFTC Crackdown: Agency Suspends Officials Who Challenged Prediction Market Expansion
A New York Times investigation has exposed internal friction at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, revealing that senior CFTC officials faced s...
France's Crypto Crime Wave: Why 70% of Global Physical Attacks Target French Holders
Centralized data collection isn't just a privacy concern anymore—it's become a direct threat to crypto holders' physical safety. According to recent ...
Binance Pushes Back Hard on WSJ's $850M Iran Sanctions Allegation
Binance CEO Richard Teng came out swinging against fresh allegations from the Wall Street Journal, categorically denying claims that $850 million in t...
EU's Central Bank Throws Cold Water on Euro Stablecoin Plans, Warns of Banking System Risks
The European Central Bank is putting up serious resistance to proposals for expanded euro stablecoin issuance, citing legitimate concerns about financ...
Nasdaq Gets Green Light to Launch Bitcoin Index Options—But There's Still a Gate to Pass
The SEC just rubber-stamped Nasdaq's plans to list bitcoin index options, marking another regulatory milestone for institutional crypto trading. Here...
SEC Pushes Back Tokenized Stocks Ruling as Regulatory Concerns Mount
The Securities and Exchange Commission has delayed its decision on a potential innovation exemption for tokenized stocks, a move that signals deeper h...
Kalshi Launches Political Firepower as Congress Targets Prediction Market Insider Trading
Kalshi's making a calculated move: launching Americans for Fair Markets, a fresh advocacy outfit designed to reshape how lawmakers think about predict...
Federal Prosecutors Target AI Deepfake Creators Under Landmark 2025 Law
Two men now face federal charges for creating non-consensual AI-generated intimate imagery, marking the first enforcement action under the Take It Dow...
Congress Faces Pressure to Overhaul Outdated Anti-Money Laundering Framework Amid Crypto Push
A House subcommittee hearing last week laid bare the competing visions around the Bank Secrecy Act—the 1970s-era anti-money laundering regime that's b...
House Investigators Target Prediction Market Giants Over Suspicious Iran-Related Trading
Representative James Comer is putting prediction market platforms under the microscope, demanding CEOs of major operators hand over documentation on i...
OKX Launches Regulated Oil Futures to Challenge Hyperliquid's Dominance in Crypto Derivatives
OKX just made a calculated move into regulated commodity derivatives with the launch of perpetual oil futures tied to Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) ...
House GOP Launches Probe Into Prediction Market Giants Over Alleged Inside Information Trading
House Oversight Committee leadership has opened an investigation into Polymarket and Kalshi, two of crypto's most influential prediction market platfo...
Polymarket Eyes Japan Expansion Play as Domestic Headwinds Mount
Polymarket is exploring a Japan market entry despite facing significant gambling law obstacles, with sources indicating the prediction market platform...
Polymarket Recruits Jupiter Leadership Veteran for Japan Expansion Strategy
Polymarket is making a calculated move into the Japanese market, tapping a former Jupiter executive to spearhead the effort. According to recent repo...
UAE Stablecoin Platform Hits $30M Milestone With Institutional Settlement on ADI Chain
The Dubai Digital Securities Company (DDSC) just cleared a significant $30 million institutional transaction, marking another validation point for tok...
Tokenized Stocks Create Fragmentation Risk That Could Fracture Traditional Finance Liquidity
The rise of tokenized stocks on blockchain networks is forcing traditional finance to confront an uncomfortable reality: their monopoly on consolidate...
Peirce's Tokenized Stock Framework Points to Regulated DeFi Growth Path
Hester Peirce is signaling a more measured approach to crypto asset exemptions that could reshape how decentralized finance interacts with traditional...
Congress Doubles Down on Bitcoin Stockpile Strategy as ARMA Bill Reshapes US Reserve Policy
US lawmakers are making another serious push for a federal Bitcoin reserve, and this time they're locking it down with iron-clad restrictions. The Am...