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Acting CFTC Chair to Join MoonPay after Leaving Agency

Caroline Pham, the acting chair of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, will leave the financial regulator to join MoonPay, following the Senate confirmation of her successor.In a Wednesday X post, MoonPay confirmed reports that…
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Aave Shared Its 2026 Roadmap, Targeting Protocol Scaling, RWA Growth

Aave founder and CEO Stani Kulechov has unveiled his decentralized protocol’s “master plan” for 2026, shortly after revealing the US Securities and Exchange Commission has dropped its four-year investigation into the platform. In a post to…
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ZKasino Begins Partial ETH Refunds After $33M Scam

ZKasino has refunded 35% of ETH deposits, marking the first repayments since its $33 million rug pull scandal. Embattled crypto gambling platform ZKasino has started…
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SEC Publishes Crypto Custody and Wallet Primer for Investing Public

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a crypto wallet and custody guide investor bulletin on Friday, outlining best practices and common risks of different forms of crypto storage for the investing public.The…
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Crypto Speculation at 2024 Lows as TradFi Risk Booms

Traditional finance leveraged investment products are at a record high, but the appetite for speculative assets remains muted in the cryptocurrency market.Speculative appetite is cooling among crypto investors, with memecoin dominance…
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Bitnomial Wins CFTC Approval to Launch Regulated Prediction Markets

Bitnomial Clearinghouse LLC received approval from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to clear fully collateralized swaps, enabling its parent company, Bitnomial, to launch prediction markets and offer clearing services to…
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Coinbase Opens Solana DEX Access as CeFi and DeFi Converge

Coinbase is moving deeper into the Solana ecosystem, letting users trade native Solana tokens through a decentralized exchange integration rather than traditional listings.Andrew Allen, Coinbase protocol specialist, said in an X post that…
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Crypto Among Industries Major Banks “Debanked,” OCC Finds

The nine largest US banks restricted financial services to politically contentious industries, including cryptocurrency, between 2020 and 2023, according to the preliminary findings of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).The…
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Japan Moves to Mandate Liability Reserves for Crypto Exchanges

Introduction of stricter rules for crypto exchanges in Japan Japan is in the process of introducing significant changes to cryptocurrency regulation following renewed attention to Mt. Gox-related repayment activity in 2024.The Financial…
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‘No Justification’ in Treating Crypto Differently: OCC Boss

Crypto companies seeking a US federal bank charter should be treated no differently than other financial institutions, says Jonathan Gould, the head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).Gould told a blockchain conference…
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