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Kalshi follows CFTC in suing Minnesota over its law criminalizing prediction markets

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Prediction Market Kalshi has filed a federal lawsuit against a Minnesota bill to criminalize operating, hosting or promoting such a platform in the state starting August 1. The filing follows a petition filed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on May 19, the day after Governor Tim Walz signed the law, arguing that the […]

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ICE CEO Calls Hyperliquid Bigger Than NASDAQ, Says He Met Its Founders

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Jeffrey Sprecher, founder and CEO of Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), called decentralized perpetual futures platform Hyperliquid “bigger than NASDAQ” at a conference at Bernstein this week and revealed that his team had met with its founders several times, a sign that US incumbents no longer treat crypto-native trading platforms as fringe. “This hyperliquid thing we’re talking

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What Perpetual US Crypto Assets Mean for the Future of Crypto

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This morning, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) took a historic step to allow the listing of a true Bitcoin perpetual contract by a CFTC-registered exchange. In doing so, the Commission has charted a path for one of the most liquid segments of the crypto asset market to exist within the U.S. regulatory framework. Having

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US regulator says 24/7 trading is ideal for crypto, but may not be suitable for other sectors

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As global trading trends move toward 24-hour markets with no days off, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission argued that might be a good thing for new blockchain-native players, but that expanded hours might not be appropriate for some of the traditional markets, the derivatives watchdog said in a letter Friday to all of the

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Clarity Act Risks Regulation Without Oversight, Brookings Fellow Says

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Latest developments: Klein argued that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission faces a significantly broader mandate as lawmakers consider expanding its authority over digital assets. Klein recently joined Rebecca Rettig and Renato Mariotti on CoinDesk’s The Policy Protocol. Klein said the CFTC was originally created to oversee commodity futures markets and was not designed for the

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Mass deployment of AI agents is a disaster waiting to happen, says CertiK CEO

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The global rush to deploy autonomous AI agents across the internet, enterprise networks and consumer applications is creating catastrophic security debt, according to the head of blockchain security auditor Certik. While companies ambitiously market these tools as productivity miracles, the harsh reality is that this can be a very, very risky thing. Unisolated and uncontrolled

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US CFTC opens door to crypto ‘criminals’ with first approval of regulated firm

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U.S. crypto companies can offer perpetual futures, or “perps,” without running afoul of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, under the agency’s first approval of an unnamed exchange to list and trade Bitcoin perpetuals, the regulator said Friday. Perp is a kind of derivative that allows the investor to speculate on future price movements of

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Paxos Gets SEC Approval to Clear US Stocks on Blockchain

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Paxos Securities Settlement Company, LLC (PSSC) has received full registration to provide clearing and settlement services with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Stablecoin issuer Paxos said this regulatory step makes its subsidiary the first blockchain company authorized to operate as a central securities depository (CSD) for traditional equities in the United States,

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