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Regulation

Celsius Founder Alex Mashinsky Files to Have 12-Year Crypto Fraud Sentence Vacated

Celsius founder and former CEO Alex Mashinsky hopes to have his prison sentence vacated, claiming a legal conflict tied to…
Markets

Coinbase Becomes First US Exchange Allowed to Offer Global Crypto Perps Trading

Coinbase can offer U.S. customers access to offshore crypto perpetual futures, a risky form of leveraged crypto trading, the CFTC…
DeFi

Bitcoin perps just got a US green light, but one catch could decide everything

The CFTC has moved true Bitcoin perpetual futures from an offshore-liquidity debate into a US-regulated test case, with KalshiEX LLC now…
Regulation

Retired Couple Loses $76,000 Life Savings to Bitcoin ATM Scam, Sues Bitcoin Depot in Federal Court

Bitcoin Magazine Retired Couple Loses $76,000 Life Savings to Bitcoin ATM Scam, Sues Bitcoin Depot in Federal Court An Idaho…
Markets

U.S. regulator says 24/7 trading is great for crypto, may not be fit for other sectors

As the CFTC issued landmark approvals for crypto perpetual futures contracts, it explained in a related advisory that round-the-clock activity…
Markets

CFTC Cracks Open U.S. Market for Bitcoin and Crypto Perpetual Futures

Bitcoin Magazine CFTC Cracks Open U.S. Market for Bitcoin and Crypto Perpetual Futures The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has…
Regulation

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 to oversee digital markets.…
Markets

CFTC Approves Bitcoin Perpetual Futures on Prediction Market Kalshi

The CFTC issued an order allowing Kalshi to offer perpetual futures in the U.S., starting with contracts tied to Bitcoin’s…
Markets

CFTC Approves First US-Regulated Bitcoin Perpetual Futures

The agency approved Kalshi’s BTCPERP contract, the first bitcoin perpetual on a registered U.S. exchange, and in a separate action…
Markets

U.S. CFTC opens crypto 'perp' door with first approvals at Kalshi, Coinbase

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has now established a stance on how regulated U.S. firms can engage in crypto perpetual…