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CFTC sues Cash FX in crypto-linked case

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said it is suing Cash FX Group and three individuals in a $950 million foreign-exchange investment case involving cryptocurrency.The defendants are Cash FX and its CEO Huascar Jose Lopez Castillo of…
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Hester Peirce to leave SEC

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has submitted her formal resignation from the US Securities and Exchange Commission, effective Oct. 2.Peirce, also known as “Crypto Mom” amid her advocacy of clear, rules-based regulation of the crypto…
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Fed Sets Out Stablecoin Rules Under GENIUS Act

The Federal Reserve has proposed capital, redemption and other regulatory requirements for stablecoin issuers under its supervision as it moves to implement the GENIUS Act.The GENIUS Act already requires stablecoin issuers to maintain…
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Trump Administration Weighs Overseas Stablecoin Push

The Trump administration is reportedly considering an initiative to promote the use of dollar-backed stablecoins overseas as part of an effort to reinforce the US dollar’s position as the world’s reserve currency. Citing people familiar…
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CFTC Warns Prediction Markets Over Manipulation Risk

The top US derivatives regulator has warned that prediction market contracts tied to what a person says or does carry a heightened risk of manipulation, putting exchanges on notice as the industry faces increasing scrutiny over market…
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Manhattan US Attorney leading probe into Binance’s Iran compliance: Bloomberg

The investigation is reportedly examining whether Binance knowingly allowed trading that violated US sanctions on Iran, months after reports first revealed a Justice Department probe. Source link
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Who Needs CLARITY Anyway? ARB Could See 70X Increase: Hodler’s Digest

CLARITY vote fails, long live CLARITYAfter a year’s buildup, the US Senate failed to pass a cloture motion on the Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARITY) Act.The motion received just 49 votes in favor and 50 against, well short of the 60…
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Anthropic picks Accenture as embeded evaluator

 Anthropic said it has chosen Accenture as its first embedded evaluator to help slow the pace of AI development as proposed last week by CEO Dario Amodei.Amodei published a three-step proposal on Sept. 12 to slow the development of AI and…
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CFTC crypto market regulation enters White House review

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has submitted a new regulatory action covering crypto asset transactions and markets for White House review, as the agency moves forward with its approach to overseeing the digital asset…
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US Sanctions Iran’s BitBank Over IRGC Bitcoin Transfers

US authorities on Thursday announced sanctions against Iranian crypto exchange BitBank, accusing it of processing Bitcoin paid by ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz.The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control…
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