Regulation
Regulation

CFTC Opens US Crypto Perpetuals Door With First Approvals at Kalshi and Coinbase

The CFTC approved Kalshi’s BTCPERP as the first regulated US bitcoin perpetual and issued Coinbase a no-action letter to route customers to global perps through…
Institutional

US, UK central bankers offer contrary views on stablecoins

Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller told a conference on Sunday that stablecoins expand the reach of US policy while the Bank of England’s Megan Greene…
Regulation

How the House Financial Services Committee is taking on tokenization: State of Crypto

Rep. French Hill, head of the House Financial Services Committee, weighed in on outstanding policy issues in an interview with CoinDesk last month. Read Full…
Institutional

Kraken ‘plans’ regulated perp contracts as rivals are quick off the blocks

In the wake of CFTC approval of perpetual futures contracts tied to the spot price of Bitcoin, Kraken expects to offer those to US institutional…
Infrastructure

How Stellar became part of DTCC's tokenization push for Wall Street securities onchain

Wall Street’s clearing giant chose a public blockchain with compliance tools built for regulated assets, Stellar Development Foundation CEO Denelle Dixon said. Read Full Story…
Data

How Stellar became part of DTCC’s tokenization push for Wall Street securities onchain

Wall Street’s clearing giant chose a public blockchain with compliance tools built for regulated assets, Stellar Development Foundation CEO Denelle Dixon said. Read the full…
DeFi

Circle Freeze on Zama's Confidential USDC Locks $12.6M of User Funds in DeFi 'Crossfire'

A court-ordered restraining order pushed Circle to blacklist Zama’s cUSDC wrapper on Ethereum. The privacy protocol is not a defendant but every depositor in the…
DeFi

Circle Freeze on Zama's Confidential USDC Locks $12.6M of User Funds in DeFi 'Crossfire'

A court-ordered restraining order pushed Circle to blacklist Zama’s cUSDC wrapper on Ethereum. The privacy protocol is not a defendant but every depositor in the…
Regulation

Senator Lummis says China will 'write the rules' of the new financial era if CLARITY fails

The Senate Banking Committee voted to advance the CLARITY Act in May, but it must still pass both chambers of Congress before heading to the…
Infrastructure

Circle freezes $12.6M of USDC linked to privacy protocol Zama

The $12.6 million in USDC was likely frozen in connection with an ongoing but unrelated civil court case, according to onchain sleuth ZachXBT. Read Full…