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CFTC files crypto asset rulemaking with White House, pressing ahead without Congress
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission isn't sitting idle — the agency has sent its crypto rulemaking to the White House for review.
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ECB President Christine Lagarde intervened to block Binance’s EU MiCA license: WSJ
Although the ECB holds no formal licensing authority under MiCA, high-level intervention led Greece to stall an application that regulators had previously deemed complete, the Journal said.
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SEC and CFTC bypass Congress to open crypto access after CLARITY fails – with a catch
Tokenized stocks and wallet-linked derivatives can launch under new relief, while durable rights and jurisdiction remain unresolved. The post SEC and CFTC bypass Congress to open crypto access after CLARITY fails – with a catch appeared first on CryptoSlate .
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Morning Minute: SEC Approves ‘Innovation Exemption’ Moving Tokenized Stocks Forward
It came just hours after S&P Global announced its acquisition of OpenZeppelin, as everything TradFi moves onchain.
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US Sanctions Iranian Exchange BitBank Over Bitcoin Transfers to the IRGC and Hormuz Passage Fees
Treasury says the Tehran exchange moved hundreds of millions in bitcoin to the Revolutionary Guards and handled fees collected from tankers buying passage through the Strait of Hormuz. The post US Sanctions Iranian Exchange BitBank Over Bitcoin Transfers to the IRGC and Hormuz Passage Fees…
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Bitget CLO Marks 8th Anniversary With Open Letter on Trust, Security and Compliance
Bitget, the leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, today published an open letter penned by Chief Legal Officer Hon Ng to mark the platform’s eighth anniversary. In the letter, Ng reflects on Bitget’s evolution from a crypto derivatives exchange to a platform serving more than…
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Treasury Sanctions Crypto Exchange Behind Iran's Bitcoin Tolls on Hormuz Ships
OFAC says hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin moved through BitBank to the Revolutionary Guards in two months.
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Binance brushes off Lagarde MiCA speculation, reaffirms Europe commitment
Binance declined to address reports of ECB intervention in its Greek MiCA bid, saying it remains committed to securing authorization in Europe.
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US sanctions Iran’s BitBank, saying it processes ‘Hormuz Safe’ Bitcoin payments
US Treasury says the Iranian exchange processed payments received through Iran’s Strait of Hormuz maritime scheme and helped move hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin to the IRGC.
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Treasury Sanctions Iranian Crypto Exchange BitBank Over Bitcoin Transfers to IRGC
Bitcoin Magazine Treasury Sanctions Iranian Crypto Exchange BitBank Over Bitcoin Transfers to IRGC The U.S. is targeting Iran's use of crypto — specifically bitcoin. This post Treasury Sanctions Iranian Crypto Exchange BitBank Over Bitcoin Transfers to IRGC first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and…
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Real stocks are finally coming on blockchain. Here’s how the SEC wants it to work
The SEC is giving tokenized stocks a regulated U.S. pathway, while keeping trading volumes, access and issuer rights tightly controlled.
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Wallets Can Offer Regulated Perps Without a Broker License, CFTC Staff Says
The relief Phantom won in March is now available to any provider of "passive software" that meets the letter's conditions. One of them requires every registered venue or broker it plugs into to sign an undertaking accepting joint liability for what the software does. The post Wallets Can…
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Crypto.com Can List Single-Stock Futures in the US Without Waiting for SEC Approval
Its Nadex exchange registered by written notice, which took effect the day it was filed, and the SEC release names no product. The single-stock perpetuals Kris Marszalek says Crypto.com wants next need both the SEC and the CFTC. The post Crypto.com Can List Single-Stock Futures in the US…
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After Congress killed its landmark crypto bill, the SEC unlocked the $77 trillion US stock market through tokenization
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has opened a five-year pathway for regulated US stocks to trade on blockchain-native venues. The Innovation Exemption came two days after the Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act, a broad crypto market-structure bill that sought to…
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Revolut Starts EURR Rollout With Bridge as Regulated Issuer
Revolut opens EURR to selected customers in three countries; Bridge reported €374 outstanding, compared with €394.5 million of Circle’s EURC.
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SEC Crypto Custody Rewrite Enters White House Review
The planned rule would cover advisers and investment companies and clarify digital-asset custody, following the withdrawal of a separate 2023 proposal.
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Blockworks Lets Exchanges Take Compliance Alerts Straight From AI Agents
Agentic Detection, live Thursday in Messari Monitoring, lets a listings or compliance desk take a development the moment Blockworks' agents find it, before an analyst has checked it. Every alert carries a tag saying whether an agent or an analyst produced it.
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SEC Clears Tokenized Stocks To Trade Onchain As CFTC Widens Software Relief
The Securities and Exchange Commission issued a five-year conditional exemption on Thursday letting tokenized National Market System (NMS) stock trade on permissioned automated market makers (AMMs), and Commodity Futures Trading Commission staff opened introducing-broker relief to passive…
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CFTC Opens Door for Crypto Apps to Offer Regulated Derivatives Access
In a no-action letter, the CFTC said certain software providers can connect users to regulated derivatives markets without registering as brokers.
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US sanctions Iranian crypto exchange BitBank over alleged bitcoin transfers to IRGC
Treasury said the previously sanctioned Hormuz Safe platform used BitBank to transfer payments collected since June.
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CFTC expands regulatory relief for passive trading software providers
The US regulator’s move could make it easier for crypto wallets and other apps to offer access to regulated derivatives and prediction markets without registering as introducing brokers.
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Kevin O’Leary says Congress will revisit Clarity early next year as crypto tax bill advances
The Shark Tank investor says Congress will face pressure to revive crypto market structure legislation as it moves to establish tax rules for digital assets.
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SEC opens door to tokenized U.S. stock trading. Here’s who could benefit
The five-year experiment gives DeFi-style trading venues, tokenization firms and liquidity providers a new U.S. pathway while leaving synthetic stock tokens outside the framework.
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Delphi Exec Says OpenAI and Anthropic Want a ‘Regulatory Moat’ Against China
Tommy Shaughnessy said on Uneasy Money that the two labs' call to slow AI down is a defense against cheap Chinese open-source models, and that he is working out whether to back them or the open-source camp depending on which party wins. The post Delphi Exec Says OpenAI and Anthropic Want…
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