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CFTC Staff Give DCMs a Path to Convert Perpetual-Style Digital Commodity Futures Into True Perpetuals

CFTC staff issued release 9252-26 on Friday, giving designated contract markets a no-action path to convert existing perpetual-style digital commodity futures into true perpetuals, advancing the agency’s buildout of a regulated US crypto derivatives market. Read Full Story at Thedefiant.io…
Regulation

'Peirce Out': A Decade of Dissent

She arrived at the SEC in 2018 as a Republican commissioner with light crypto baggage and left this week as the regulator whose quotes had…
Markets

CFTC Sues New Mexico to Block State Gaming Laws From Reaching Federally Regulated Prediction Markets

The federal derivatives regulator filed suit Thursday in federal court seeking to bar New Mexico from enforcing state gaming laws against CFTC-registered prediction-market exchanges, making…
Infrastructure

SEC targets 20-year-old rule standing between Wall Street and blockchain trading

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is moving to dismantle a stock-trading rule that has governed Wall Street for two decades. On June 11, the…
Markets

Standard Chartered Calls Crypto Bottom as Bitcoin Price Recovers From $59,000 Low

Bitcoin Magazine Standard Chartered Calls Crypto Bottom as Bitcoin Price Recovers From $59,000 Low Standard Chartered says crypto’s cycle low is likely in, arguing that…
Markets

How Crypto Firms Will Own the Octagon at Trump's White House UFC Event

President Trump’s upcoming UFC fight will provide several crypto firms with an unprecedented opportunity for corporate branding. Read Full Story at Decrypt.co →
AI

AI Agents Still Can't Stop Prompt Injection Attacks, Researchers Warn

A new benchmark study found AI agents remain vulnerable to prompt injection attacks as companies increasingly roll out the technology to the public. Read Full…
DeFi

Gensler Files Brief Arguing Sports Prediction Markets Fall Outside CFTC Swap Rules

Former CFTC and SEC chair Gary Gensler filed an amicus brief with the Sixth Circuit arguing that sports-event prediction markets are not swaps under Dodd-Frank,…
Markets

Blockworks Acquires Messari in Deal Highlighting Crypto’s Data Consolidation Race

Bitcoin Magazine Blockworks Acquires Messari in Deal Highlighting Crypto’s Data Consolidation Race Blockworks’ acquisition of Messari for just over $10 million combines two major crypto…