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How a disputed $1 billion claim became a powerful weapon against prediction markets
On the American Gaming Association's website, a counter has been climbing for months, tallying what the casino-and-sp…
The US debt machine is getting harder to stabilize – So where does Bitcoin fit in?
The US Treasury market is the foundation of the global financial system. It determines mortgage rates, government bor…
Crypto champion Trump may be jeopardizing the industry’s landmark legislation
Digital asset legislation is years in the making, but the sector's biggest political champion, President Trump, has b…
Coinbase To Bring Global Crypto Derivatives To US Institutions After CFTC Nod
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has now opened the path for Coinbase and other CFTC-registered exc…
Buy Side Explodes: XRP Liquidity 7x Heavier Than Sells On Coinbase
Traders watching Stellar’s 40% weekly surge are now turning their attention to XRP, asking whether the older and la…
Crypto Giant Dethroned: Bitcoin Drops Out Of Top 10 Amid Market Shift
More than 172,000 traders were liquidated in a single day as Bitcoin’s losses piled up, pushing the cryptocurrency …
Clarity Act Risks Regulation Without Oversight, Brookings Fellow Says
As Congress weighs crypto legislation, Aaron Klein says the CFTC needs more resources, independence and coordination …
CFTC opens door for crypto perpetual future contracts in US as Coinbase, Kalshi move forward
The CFTC opened the doors for perpetual futures contracts, giving way for Kalshi and Coinbase to offer those products.
Kalshi follows CFTC in suing Minnesota over law criminalizing prediction markets
The Governor of Minnesota signed into law a measure that, starting Aug. 1, makes it a crime to advertise and operate …
Kalshi’s turn: Prediction markets platform sues Minnesota over law going into effect in August
Following the CFTC's suit, Kalshi has sued the state of Minnesota after Governor Tim Walz signed a law blocking predi…
XRP Liquidity Hits Lowest Level Since 2020 — What Happens Next?
The average XRP trader active over the past 30 days is currently sitting on a loss of roughly 47%, according to block…
White House reviews CFTC prediction-market rule as Trump backs federal control
The proposal could shape how Kalshi, Polymarket, and other event-contract platforms operate as states challenge the C…
CFTC says it shouldn’t have sued Gemini, joins motion to vacate prior judgment
The CFTC joined Gemini in filing a motion for relief from a 2025 consent order stemming from the agency's previous en…
US charges Google engineer with using internal search data to pocket $1.2 million on Polymarket
Prosecutors charged Spagnuolo with fraud and money laundering, while the CFTC filed a complaint alleging insider trad…
U.S. CFTC files request to erase Gemini settlement that it no longer considers fair
The regulator went back to analyze the 2022 case and decided that it wouldn't have been pursued under current managem…
White House starts review of CFTC’s prediction markets rulemaking as Trump backs agency authority
The White House is reviewing proposed prediction market rules as President Trump throws his support behind the CFTC.
TD Cowen says Trump’s CFTC prediction markets post unlikely to change legal fight
The future of prediction markets will likely be decided by the Supreme Court, while states still appear to hold the a…
‘Critically important’: President Trump backs CFTC Chair Selig’s push to expand prediction market authority
President Donald Trump is publicly backing his CFTC Chair Michael Selig in his push to have authority over prediction…
Trump praises prediction markets, defends CFTC as court cases compound
U.S. President Donald Trump said it was "critically important" that the CFTC keep "exclusive authority" over predicti…
TD Cowen says crypto bill unlikely to pass this year amid worsening political environment
The political environment around the Clarity Act is getting worse, TD Cowen says, making it harder for the crypto bil…
Crypto Today Looks Like Nvidia Before AI Went Mainstream, Jeff Park Says
Jeff Park argued that crypto is entering a phase similar to Nvidia’s pre-mainstream AI era, when the technological …
NYT investigation alleges CFTC purged staff who questioned Trump-tied crypto firms
Two officials who intervened to help three firms win approvals over staff objections, per the NYT, have since taken j…
Fed minutes turn Bitcoin’s rate-cut trade into a hike-risk problem
The Federal Reserve's April meeting minutes, released Wednesday, failed to bring the good news Bitcoin traders had be…
Kalshi-backed prediction market advocacy group debuts with support from former Trump aide
An advocacy group focused on prediction markets has emerged with support from former White House Deputy Chief of Staf…
NHL, CFTC team up with memorandum of understanding as sports-based prediction markets balloon
Prediction markets are skating out of the penalty box into the mainstream as the CFTC strikes another agreement with …
Crypto Access To Banks In Focus After Trump’s New Executive Order
Wyoming’s special purpose depository institutions — companies built around crypto — could soon have a path to s…
Here’s How XRP Is Making Its Next Major Push Into The Trillion-Dollar Wall Street
XRP is making its boldest move yet into mainstream finance as two of the biggest names in traditional finance are ste…
Ohio man sentenced to 9 years for running $10 million crypto Ponzi scheme
The CFTC filed an enforcement action against Rathnakishore Giri in August 2022 for running the fraudulent investment …
Curious About What The CLARITY Act Says About XRP? Here Are The Parts To Focus ON
With the US Digital Asset CLARITY Act inching closer to becoming law, many investors and supporters are eager to know…
Hyperliquid Policy Center argues onchain perps offer efficiency, transparency as ICE and CME reportedly press for CFTC oversight
Bloomberg reported that ICE and CME are pressing for Hyperliquid to register with the CFTC, raising concerns about ma…