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Senate Progress on CFTC and FDIC Appointments Brings Regulatory Clarity for Crypto

We view the U.S. Senate’s progress toward confirming key figures to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation...

CFTC’s New Collateral Framework Signals a Breakthrough Moment for Crypto

The CFTC’s pilot program, allowing Bitcoin, Ether, USDC, tokenized Treasuries, and money-market funds to serve as collateral for derivatives trades, is one of the...

Judge Freezes Connecticut Crackdown on Kalshi

A federal judge in Connecticut has ordered the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) to pause its case against Kalshi. The order tells the...

U.S. Shutdown Resolution and Crypto Bill Mark Turning Point for Market Confidence

We view the U.S. Senate’s resolution of the 36-day government shutdown as a pivotal step toward restoring economic stability, while the bipartisan draft to...

Kraken’s $100M power play, aka snatching Small Exchange to own U.S. crypto derivatives

Kraken is turning up the heat in the U.S. derivatives game. Dropping a cool $100 million, it just snapped up Small Exchange from IG...

Crypto regulators finally decide to play nice, but don’t get too comfortable

Once upon a time, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission fought like cats in a sack over who owned...

OKX Pauses Perps DEX Launch Citing CFTC Risk

Crypto exchange OKX built a perps DEX in 2023, but it did not launch the mainnet product. Founder and CEO Star Xu said regulatory...

Trump considers new CFTC chair as Winklevoss pressure pauses Brian Quintenz

Donald Trump is weighing new CFTC chair candidates after Brian Quintenz’s Senate confirmation stalled. The pause followed outreach from the Winklevoss twins over Gemini’s...

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