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09:49just nowWireThe DefiantpolicySEC Clears Tokenized Stocks To Trade Onchain As CFTC Widens Software ReliefThe 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 software

09:49just nowWireThe DefiantpolicyRevolut Starts EURR Rollout With Bridge as Regulated IssuerRevolut opens EURR to selected customers in three countries; Bridge reported €374 outstanding, compared with €394.5 million of Circle’s EURC.

09:49just nowWireThe DefiantpolicySEC Crypto Custody Rewrite Enters White House ReviewThe planned rule would cover advisers and investment companies and clarify digital-asset custody, following the withdrawal of a separate 2023 proposal.

09:472m agoWireCrypto.newspolicyCLARITY Act stalls as US crypto regulators write rules without CongressThe Senate stopped short of debating a federal crypto market structure bill. A week later, the CFTC chair was still laying out plans for tokenized collateral and round-the-clock markets.

09:3910m agoWireForkastpolicyOpenAI’s Agent Breached Australia’s Medicare Portal — and a Prime Minister Confronted the CEO at the UNThe June 18, 2026, breach of the Medicare Statistics Reporting Service by an OpenAI AI agent exposes a gap in the legal frameworks governing autonomous systems. When an agent acts in ways its creators did not intend, the traditional pillars of liability — intent, foreseeability, and timely disclosure — may not reach it.

09:1633m agoWireCoinGapepolicyBitcoin and Ethereum Face New Regulatory Clock After EU Flags Post-Quantum Migration RiskEurope’s three top financial regulators have placed quantum computing on their official risk map for the EU financial system. The warning is direct, as an advanced quantum computer could break the cryptography protecting wallets, blockchains, and transactions.

09:0049m agoWireDecryptpolicyBrooklyn Man Who Bragged About $16M Coinbase Scam Gets Up to 12 YearsHe posed as support staff, emptied about 100 accounts, then lost $6 million of the proceeds gambling, according to his own messages.

08:361h agoWireCryptonewspolicyXRP News: SEC Opens AMM Door for Tokenized Stocks as XRPL Already Has the TechXRPL lending proposals XLS-65 and XLS-66 are in validator voting, but need sustained 80% support and have no confirmed Mainnet launch date.

06:303h agoWireBitcoin.compolicyCuracao’s ‘Casino Secrets’ Exposed in Regulatory Leak as Firms Push BackA searchable archive of leaked documents taken from Curaçao’s gambling regulator opened to the public on Wednesday morning, a day after an international consortium published its first stories from the files. However, the named companies dispute the findings, and so does the regulator.

05:304h agoWireBitcoin.compolicy$5 Billion of Nearly Identical Kalshi Trades Draw CFTC ScrutinyAlmost one million trades of nearly the same size have moved through a single Kalshi market since August, and federal regulators are looking at them, as reported by The Wall Street Journal. Based on the exchange’s public data, the pattern is still running on Wednesday morning—and regulators are reportedly looking into it.

02:307h agoWireBitcoin.compolicyHer Crypto ‘Godfather’ Ex Moved Millions. She Hid $2.6M From the IRSIris Rabaya Au received an 18-month federal prison sentence after pleading guilty to concealing more than $2.6 million she obtained through her former boyfriend’s criminal activities. The money moved through companies and bank accounts she established for Adam Iza, a self-styled crypto businessman.

00:539h agoWireCointelegraphpolicyKalshi says CFTC hasn’t contacted it over ‘unusual’ $5B trading activityKalshi said nearly $5 billion in similarly sized Ether perpetual trades reflected its liquidity incentive programs and rejected allegations that the activity was wash trading.

22:1512h agoWireCryptoPotatopolicyReport: CFTC Eyes Unusual $5B Trading Pattern on Kalshi ETH PerpetualsKalshi denies wash trading allegations, arguing that repeated transactions stemmed from how market markers' orders were executed.

21:4712h agoWireCointelegraphpolicyEx-SEC acting chair: Agency dropped crypto cases to avoid issues with credibilitySEC Commissioner Mark Uyeda said that the agency dropped many cases against crypto companies in early 2025 to avoid potential credibility problems in court.

20:2813h agoWireCointelegraphpolicyUS lawmakers from gaming states urge SCOTUS to take up Kalshi caseThe case between New Jersey authorities and a prediction market company, if accepted by the Supreme Court, could result in clarity for state and federal officials over sports bets.

20:2413h agoWireCrypto.newspolicyPrediction markets face hearing call from 11 Senate DemocratsAll 11 Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee have asked Chair Tim Scott to hold a public hearing on prediction markets after Republican members met privately with Kalshi’s chief executive. In a Sep.

19:5514h agoWireBitcoin MagazinepolicyCFTC Chair Selig Says Regulator Is Preparing for ‘24-7, On-Chain’ MarketsMike Selig has said that the CFTC is looking forward to “exciting” crypto and AI markets as the agency presses on without the Clarity Act.

19:0415h agoWireCoinDeskpolicyKalshi says it is not being investigated by the CFTC over trading activityThe prediction market says unusual patterns in its ether perpetual market are the result of liquidity incentives.

18:2715h agoWireSECpolicySEC Publishes Updated Market Statistics, Highlighting Increase in IPOs and Proceeds RaisedThe Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA) published updated statistics and data visualizations covering key segments of the U.S.

18:0416h agoWireCoinDeskpolicyWhite House adviser defends President Trump's crypto ties in wake of Clarity Act defeatPresident Donald Trump's crypto adviser, Patrick Witt, accused Democrats of unfairly amplifying Trump's crypto ties as a political weapon.

17:3616h agoWireThe Blockpolicy‘Not behind closed doors’: Senate Banking Democrats call for prediction markets hearing as GOP meets privately with KalshiEvery Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee is urging its chair, Sen. Tim Scott, to hold a congressional hearing on prediction markets.

17:0917h agoWireBanklesspolicyCFTC Warns Prediction Markets Over Mention ContractsCFTC staff warns mention markets carry elevated manipulation risks after cases involving George Santos, White House staff and others.

16:1118h agoWireUnchainedpolicyTrump’s Accounts Put as Much as $100,000 Into Strategy Stock in July, Disclosure ShowsPresident Trump's accounts bought as much as $115,000 of Strategy shares in late July and sold shares of two bitcoin miners, his newest financial disclosure shows.

16:0018h agoWireSECpolicySEC Charges South Florida Resident and His Company for Alleged Investment Scheme Defrauding Law EnforcementThe Securities and Exchange Commission today charged CMI Capital LLC and its founder and manager, Michael D.

14:3019h agoWireThe DefiantpolicySynthetic vs. Direct Tokenized Stocks: Who Wins After The SEC Exemption?The SEC's exemption for tokenized equities has reopened the question every issuer has been working around: should a tokenized stock be a synthetic instrument that tracks the price, or a direct claim on the underlying share?

13:3020h agoWireCointelegraphpolicyWinners and losers of the SEC’s new tokenized stocks rulesThe SEC has opened a five-year path for tokenized stocks, but only some products and venues fit the model. Will Uniswap, Robinhood, Coinbase or Kraken come out on top?

13:0021h agoResearchChainalysispolicy2026 Global Crypto Adoption Index: World’s Crypto Economy Held Firm Through the Bear MarketSummary Crypto economy overcame worst market since 2022: Even as crypto’s total market cap fell about 50% (a $2.

13:0021h agoResearchChainalysispolicyLatin America: Brazil Leads World in Adoption as Region’s Crypto Economy GrowsSummary Latin America bucked the bear market. The region’s crypto economy saw $593.

13:0021h agoWireCoinDeskpolicyMoonPay to acquire SEC-registered North Capital in $60 million all-stock dealThe acquisition will support MoonPay’s aim of supporting mass adoption of tokenized real-world assets, CEO Ivan Soto-Wright said.

12:0522h agoWireCrypto.newspolicyCFTC chair says tokenization could reach all asset classesThe US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has begun preparing financial markets for what Chair Michael Selig called “mass tokenization,” as the agency works to adapt existing rules for blockchain, artificial intelligence and onchain finance.

10:4323h agoWireDecryptpolicyCFTC Staff Advisory Says Prediction Market 'Mention' Contracts Invite ManipulationThree weeks after fining a teleprompter operator who traded on speeches he had already read, regulators set out what exchanges must show.

10:2723h agoWireUnchainedpolicyCFTC Weighs Enforcement Probe Into Kalshi’s Ether Perps Over Repeating $5,500 TradesThe regulator is deciding whether to open a case, while Kalshi says the repeating trades came from a market maker being picked off by faster traders.

10:2123h agoWireUnchainedpolicyCFTC Staff Say Prediction Market ‘Mention’ Bets Face a Presumption of ManipulationA new advisory tells exchanges that contracts on what a named person says or does must clear a higher bar, after the agency settled cases with a White House teleprompter operator and George Santos.

10:071d agoWireCrypto.newspolicyRipple’s Schwartz compares Glock case to SEC fightRipple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz compared Connecticut's Glock lawsuit to Ripple's SEC battle as a federal court set a Sept. 29 hearing.

10:061d agoWireCointelegraphpolicyCFTC chair pushes tokenization as SEC opens door to onchain stocksMichael Selig said tokenization could reshape financial markets as the CFTC and SEC continue advancing onchain initiatives despite the CLARITY Act setback.

08:341d agoWireU.TodaypolicyRipple Pioneer Returns to SEC Case After Spotting Familiar Tactics Outside CryptoRipple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz uncovers SEC-style regulatory traps in a high-profile US lawsuit outside crypto.

07:011d agoWireCrypto.newspolicyWhat’s next for Bitcoin price as CLARITY Act stalls?Bitcoin could face a longer period of regulatory uncertainty after the CLARITY Act stalled in the U.S. Senate, although the setback has not changed BTC’s current classification as a digital commodity. According to a Sept.

00:001d agoWireCoinDeskpolicyU.S. regulator warns about cheating risks in 'mention markets' on prediction platformsThe Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a new advisory to flag the unique dangers of markets based on individuals' behavior.

21:422d agoWireThe BlockpolicyCFTC warns ‘mention market’ prediction contracts carry heightened manipulation riskThe CFTC is warning that bets on prediction markets based on whether someone will "mention" specific words carries manipulation risks.

21:292d agoWireCoinDeskpolicyDemocrats 'chose visceral hatred for' Donald Trump over crypto Clarity Act, Lummis saysSenator Cynthia Lummis said the crypto industry should "pin it on the Democrats" in her first public remarks after last week's failed Clarity Act vote.

21:082d agoWireThe BlockpolicyCFTC Chairman Selig says markets must prepare for ‘mass tokenization’The Trump administration is preparing for a financial market overhaul as tokenization and 24/7 trading move into the spotlight.

20:152d agoWireThe Defiantpolicya16z And DeFi Education Fund Ask SEC To Put DEXs Outside Exchange RegistrationThe two groups submitted a joint proposal to Commissioner Hester Peirce for a safe harbor that would create a rebuttable presumption that decentralized exchange protocols and their front-ends are not exchanges under the Exchange Act.

18:222d agoWireCryptoPotatopolicyKRP2 Law Firm Expands Specialized SIM Swap Crypto Recovery Litigation Across Major US Jurisdictions[PRESS RELEASE – Miami, FL, USA, September 22nd, 2026] Kaplan Rothstein Prüss Peraza (KRP2), a prominent cybersecurity and data privacy litigation firm, has announced the expansion of its specialized legal practice focused on recovering digital assets lost to SIM swap fraud.

16:552d agoWireDailyHodlpolicyIreland Data Regulator Fines Google $463,000,000 Over Location TrackingIreland's Data Protection Commission fined Google €403,000,000 for GDPR breaches in how it processed user location data through Web & App Activity, Location History and Location Accuracy from 2018 to 2020.

16:412d agoWireSECpolicySEC Censures OTC Link LLC for Repeated Compliance Failures Related to Regulation SCIThe Securities and Exchange Commission today censured New York-based broker dealer OTC Link LLC and ordered it to pay a $575,000 civil penalty for longstanding violations of Regulation Systems Compliance and Integrity (SCI).

12:582d agoResearcha16z cryptopolicyWhy the SEC should clarify exchange rules for blockchain apps: A safe harbor for software IIThe SEC should clarify the circumstances in which developers of DEXs and their apps fall outside the Exchange Act’s exchange registration requirements.

22:163d agoWireDecryptpolicyAfter Clarity Act Fails, Crypto Super PAC Fairshake Targets Sherrod Brown With $30 MillionThe Ohio spending comes days after the Senate blocked the crypto industry’s Clarity Act.

20:226d agoWireThe DefiantpolicyCFTC Files Crypto Market Rulemaking With White House at Prerule StageThe Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs received RIN 3038-AF80, "Regulation Crypto Asset Transactions and Regulation Crypto Asset Markets," from the CFTC on Sept. 17, two days after the Senate blocked the CLARITY Act.

19:006d agoWireBanklesspolicy🏴 Crypto's New Compliance Shield?The CFTC just gave every wallet and DeFi interface the same legal shield it gave to Phantom.

17:016d agoWireThe DefiantpolicyCoinbase Seeks CFTC Approval for US Single-Stock Perpetual FuturesThe contracts would trade 24/5 on Coinbase Derivatives, use hourly funding and clear through Nodal Clear, but the CFTC filing remains pending.

15:386d agoWireBanklesspolicyThe CFTC Extended a Crypto Compliance Win to the Whole IndustryThe CFTC just gave every wallet and DeFi interface the same legal shield it gave to Phantom.

14:307d agoWireBanklesspolicySenate Democrats Seek New CLARITY TalksSeven Senate Democrats say they remain committed to CLARITY as lawmakers explore restarting bipartisan talks before year-end.

14:007d agoWireThe DefiantpolicyBlockworks Lets Exchanges Take Compliance Alerts Straight From AI AgentsAgentic 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.

13:177d agoWireBanklesspolicyThe SEC Just Opened a Legal Lane for Tokenized StocksThe SEC's new Innovation Exemption lets permissioned AMMs trade tokenized, rights-bearing U.S. stocks for the first time.

13:047d agoResearchChainalysispolicyDPRK and Iran are Leading a 5.2x Surge YoY in Blockchain-Assisted CyberattacksSummary Cyber threat actors are using public blockchains to hide malware instructions on blockchains, making it nearly impossible to seize…

12:557d agoWireSECpolicySEC Issues “Innovation Exemption” to Facilitate the Trading of Tokenized NMS Stock and Request for CommentThe SEC is taking a significant step forward, within its statutory authority, to bring America’s capital markets into the digital age by facilitating onchain trading of certain tokenized stocks.

09:207d agoWireCoinJournalpolicyEthereum reclaims $2,431 as buyers absorb rate hike and regulatory setbackKey takeaways Ethereum gained 1.7% and reclaimed the important $2,431 level. US spot Ethereum ETFs lost $365.5 million across Tuesday and Wednesday. A break above $2,544 could target $2,626, while major support sits near $2,269–$2,282.

14:008d agoWireSECpolicySEC Proposes Rescission of Shareholder Proposal Rule and Reforms to Proxy Solicitation ProcessThe Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed to rescind Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which exceeds the scope of the Commission's statutory authority and intrudes into matters of state law.

21:349d agoWireBanklesspolicyClarity's Vote Failed. Now What?CLARITY's latest Senate push failed after an ethics deal revived hopes, leaving crypto's path to lasting U.S. rules unclear.

16:4710d agoWireSECpolicySEC Grants Exemptive Relief from Certain Inline XBRL Filing or Submission RequirementsThe Securities and Exchange Commission issued an order granting exemptive relief from certain Inline XBRL requirements adopted on Dec. 16, 2024.

14:0610d agoResearcha16z cryptopolicyOnly the U.S. Senate can prevent the next FTXIf CLARITY becomes law, exchanges serving U.S. consumers will have to adopt safeguards that FTX lacked. If the bill doesn’t, those gaps will remain.

19:3213d agoWireBanklesspolicyLast Minute Clarity Act Revisions Eye DeFi ClarificationsThe Clarity Act just got a fresh draft ahead of its September 15th cloture vote.

17:4514d agoWireSECpolicySEC Charges Founder and His Two New Jersey-Based Companies in Alleged $16 Million Ponzi SchemeThe Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Ernest Ossei Boateng and two New Jersey-based companies he controls, Intercontinental Wealth Network LLC and I Wealth Network LP, for allegedly raising approximately $16 million from more than 200…

20:2215d agoResearchChainalysispolicyHow The $320M Exploit of Liquid Network Went DownSummary Purported white-hat hackers exploited the Liquid Network to withdraw $320 million in BTC from the network’s reserve.

17:2316d agoResearchChainalysispolicyTracing Crypto in a Narcotics Investigation: FBI Charges Alleged Opioid DistributorsSummary U.S.

20:3021d agoWireSECpolicySEC Proposes Rescission of Political Contribution Rule for Investment AdvisersThe Securities and Exchange Commission today issued a proposal to rescind its “pay-to-play” rule that prohibits investment advisers from providing compensated investment advisory services to a government client for two years…