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Blockchain Association swaps CEOs, days after the Clarity Act stalls in the Senate
The Blockchain Association's Summer Mersinger will leave the crypto trade group on October 16, with founding CEO Kristin Smith returning as interim chief days after the Senate declined to advance the Clarity Act.
Trump's Ethics Disclosure Reports Over $1.2 Billion in 2025 Crypto Earnings
A U.S. Office of Government Ethics disclosure reported this week shows President Trump earned more than $1.2 billion from crypto ventures in 2025 and holds over $50 million in Bitcoin, per Decrypt.
CFTC Staff Expands Crypto FAQ to Cover Tokenized Customer Funds and Blockchain Recordkeeping
CFTC staff updated its crypto FAQ on September 24 to cover investing customer funds in tokenized permitted investments and using blockchain to meet recordkeeping rules, building on earlier tokenized-collateral guidance.
Peirce, on her way out of the SEC, calls for scrapping the KYC "panopticon"
Departing SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce told a SIFMA conference that zero-knowledge proofs should replace bulk KYC data collection, which she called a hackable "panopticon" that endangers the people it aims to protect.
Kalshi denies CFTC investigation, calls repetitive ether trades a liquidity-program artifact
Kalshi says the CFTC has not contacted it and no formal examination exists, disputing WSJ reporting that regulators were reviewing near-identical trades in its ether perpetual market.
CFTC staff warns on "mention markets," citing manipulation risk in bets on what people say
The CFTC's Division of Market Oversight issued a staff advisory on September 22, 2026, warning that "mention market" event contracts carry a heightened manipulation risk and outlining limited conditions for listing them.
SEC fines OTC Link $575,000 over years of ignored cybersecurity rule warnings
The SEC censured broker-dealer OTC Link LLC and fined it $575,000 for failing to establish and enforce cybersecurity policies required under Regulation SCI over nearly nine years, despite repeated examiner warnings.
Coinbase Opens IPO Allocations to U.S. Retail Traders, Starting With Oura
Coinbase began offering IPO share allocations to U.S. retail traders on September 21, 2026, starting with wearables maker Oura, routed through its FINRA-registered broker-dealer Coinbase Capital Markets.
CFTC to Launch Public "Frontier Forum" Roundtables, Starting With AI and Agentic Finance
The CFTC's Innovation Task Force will launch a Frontier Forum roundtable series on financial technology, opening October 28, 2026 with a session on AI and "agentic finance.
CFTC Said to Clear a Path for Crypto Apps to Offer Regulated Derivatives
The U.S. CFTC has moved to let crypto apps offer users access to regulated derivatives, according to Decrypt, though the agency's specific mechanism and scope were not detailed.
US sanctions Iranian exchange BitBank over alleged bitcoin transfers to IRGC
The U.S. Treasury's OFAC sanctioned Iranian crypto exchange BitBank, alleging it moved hundreds of millions of dollars in bitcoin to the IRGC, along with its developer and three Zanjani associates.
CFTC Staff Won't Pursue Passive-Software Providers Over Broker Registration
The CFTC's Market Participants Division said on September 17, 2026 it won't recommend enforcement against passive-software providers that fail to register as introducing brokers, subject to conditions.
Crypto.com's Nadex registers with the SEC for single-stock futures; perps still pending
Crypto.com's CFTC-regulated Nadex exchange registered with the SEC to trade security futures, effective mid-September, while CEO Kris Marszalek says the firm is separately seeking approval for single-stock perpetual futures.
Decrypt Says the Clarity Act Has Failed and US Regulators Are Pressing On — but the Details Aren't Confirmed
Decrypt reports that the Clarity Act — the US crypto market-structure bill — has failed, and that the SEC and CFTC are pressing ahead on crypto oversight under existing authority; the vote details and the agencies' specific steps could not be independently confirmed.
House tax panel advances first federal crypto tax bill as Senate's Clarity Act stalls
The House Ways and Means Committee voted 38-5 on September 16 to advance the Digital Asset Tax Certainty Act, the first federal tax framework for crypto, a day after the Senate's Clarity Act failed a procedural vote.
Bitcoin ETFs shed $450M as Senate stalls the Clarity Act
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs recorded $450 million in outflows Tuesday, their heaviest since June, after the Senate fell about 10 votes short of advancing the Clarity Act, killing crypto market-structure legislation for 2026.
Clarity Act stalls in the Senate on a 49-50 procedural vote, its path now uncertain
The U.S. Senate blocked the Clarity Act on a 49-50 procedural vote on September 15, with Democrats citing unresolved ethics provisions tied to President Trump's crypto holdings and Republican leaders blaming the other side.
Clarity Act's Senate Odds Crater as Both Sides Deadlock Hours Before Cloture Vote
The Clarity Act's near-term prospects collapsed on prediction markets Tuesday as Republicans rejected Democrats' counteroffer hours before a Senate cloture vote, with Polymarket's odds for 2026 passage falling to 14% from about 30% a day earlier.
Clarity Act Heads to a Doomed First Vote as Republicans Reject Democrats' Ethics Fix
Sen. Cynthia Lummis rejected a Democratic counteroffer on the Clarity Act's Trump-ethics provision hours before the Senate's first procedural vote, which is expected to fail without Democratic votes.
Trump's $800M World Liberty token stake now has a path to sale — starting 2028
On-chain records show six insider wallets, including one matching Donald Trump's disclosed WLFI stake, entered a vesting contract on May 19 that could make roughly $800 million in tokens sellable starting in 2028.
Betting Markets Turn Bullish on the Clarity Act. A Cloture Vote — and the Math — Say Not So Fast
Prediction-market odds on the U.S. Clarity Act jumped ahead of a Tuesday Senate cloture vote, even as a TD Cowen analyst kept passage chances at 25% and 17 state attorneys general urged senators to reject it.
17 state AGs move to block the Clarity Act as the Senate readies a first vote
New York AG Letitia James and 16 other state attorneys general urged the Senate to reject the Clarity Act on the eve of a procedural vote, warning it could let the SEC preempt state fraud enforcement.
CFTC Says It Paid Out Over $150M to Whistleblowers in Three Months
The CFTC said it granted 10 whistleblower awards totaling more than $150 million between July and September 2026, without naming the tipsters or the cases behind them.
CFTC Sets 30% Default for Whistleblower Awards Under $5 Million, Matching SEC
The CFTC finalized a rule creating a 30% presumption for whistleblower awards of $5 million or less, aligning its program with the SEC's approach.
CFTC Wins $547K in Consent Orders Against Two Salesmen in Commodity Pool Fraud Case
A federal court ordered Steven Likos and Archie Rice to pay a combined $547,261 and banned both from trading over their roles soliciting customers for two commodity pools tied to Traders Domain FX.
South Korea's budget office pegs stablecoin savings for merchants at up to $3.8B — and lists the risks in the same breath
South Korea's National Assembly Budget Office estimated won-denominated stablecoins could cut merchant payment fees by 370 billion to 5.15 trillion won a year, while warning of risks to banks and token pegs.
IMF says El Salvador's growing bitcoin stash came from private donors, not the treasury
The IMF says all bitcoin El Salvador added to its official holdings since June 2025 came from unnamed private donors, not state money, clearing the way for roughly $140 million in program funding.
SEC Moves to Scrap Its 15-Year-Old "Pay-to-Play" Rule for Investment Advisers
The SEC voted to propose rescinding its 2010 "pay-to-play" rule barring investment advisers from managing government money for two years after making political contributions, opening a 60-day comment period.
Revolut wins conditional U.S. bank approval — the first hurdle, not the finish line
Revolut received conditional OCC approval to pursue a U.S. bank charter, an early procedural step that would let it offer loans, cards and stablecoins directly to American customers.
CFTC moves to dismiss CME's perpetual-futures suit, calling it "much ado about nothing"
The CFTC has asked a federal judge to throw out CME's lawsuit over its approval of crypto perpetual futures, arguing the exchange can't show any concrete financial harm.
CFTC Staff Hands Electron Exchange Relief on Large-Trader Reporting for Direct Participants
The CFTC's Division of Market Oversight granted Electron Exchange DCM a no-action letter on September 2, 2026, letting the exchange file large-trader reports for its direct participants as if its contracts were exclusively self-cleared.
SEC sets Sept. 17 roundtable on 24-hour trading, names panels from NYSE, Nasdaq, BlackRock, Citadel Securities
The SEC released the agenda and panelist list for a Sept. 17 public roundtable on preparing U.S. equity markets for 24-hour trading, with three panels covering readiness, resiliency and market-structure impacts.
SEC Moves to Rewrite 1980s-Era Transfer Agent Rules, Citing Blockchain
The SEC voted to propose the first substantive overhaul of its transfer-agent rules since the early 1980s, explicitly citing blockchain and electronic recordkeeping, with a 60-day comment window to follow.
North Korea's Lazarus Group moved $30M+ through Hyperliquid while Washington courts the platform
Blockchain data from Arkham, reviewed by CoinDesk, shows wallets tied to North Korea's Lazarus Group sold over $30 million in bitcoin on Hyperliquid in three weeks, even as the Trump administration weighs bringing the platform onshore.
CFTC and SEC Push Form PF Compliance Deadline to July 2027
The CFTC and SEC jointly pushed the compliance deadline for the 2024 Form PF amendments back nine months to July 1, 2027, while they reconsider rules they have since proposed to change or scrap.
Kalshi hands George Santos its first-ever lifetime ban for betting on himself
Kalshi permanently banned former U.S. Representative George Santos and fined him roughly $71,000 for trading on, and making misleading public statements about, his own attendance at Trump's State of the Union address.
Ninth Circuit says Nevada can regulate Kalshi's sports contracts, splitting with an earlier ruling and pointing toward the Supreme Court
The Ninth Circuit ruled on August 28 that Nevada's gaming laws likely apply to Kalshi's sports event contracts, rejecting the argument that federal commodities regulation preempts the state and deepening a court split over who governs prediction markets.
HMRC's first dedicated crypto tax box: 17,600 filers, £1.38bn in gains, 240 millionaires
HMRC's first year of dedicated crypto reporting shows 17,600 people declared £1.38 billion in taxable gains for 2024-25, with 240 of them clearing £1 million each.
SEC charges 38 shell 'advisers' that used its own filing system as a credibility prop
The SEC charged 38 entities on August 27 with filing false Forms ADV — fake Colorado addresses, dead phone numbers and auditors that appear in no accountancy registry — to pose as U.S. investment advisers.
HMRC breaks out crypto gains for the first time: 17,600 taxpayers, £1.38bn, and 240 people holding half of it
HMRC's first standalone crypto figures show 17,600 UK taxpayers declared £1.38bn in taxable gains for the year to 5 April 2025, with 240 people accounting for £717m of it.
Hyperliquid's policy arm asks the CFTC to open a US path for oil perpetuals
The Hyperliquid Policy Center and trade[XYZ] filed a comment letter Wednesday asking the CFTC to build a regulated path for onchain oil perpetual futures in the US, citing a weekend Middle East supply shock that hit while dated futures markets were shut.
Pakistan opens crypto registration with a 12-day window and an 11-category rulebook
Pakistan's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority has opened registration under the Virtual Assets Act 2026, giving crypto firms until Sept. 5 to file for a no-objection certificate or shut down.
Standard Chartered will distribute a Hong Kong dollar stablecoin issued by a firm it majority-owns
Standard Chartered says it will distribute Anchorpoint Financial's HKDAP to institutional clients, making it the first bank to handle one of Hong Kong's two licensed stablecoins — and it is Anchorpoint's majority shareholder.
CFTC proposes letting swap venues drop order books for 'permitted transactions'
The CFTC voted to publish a proposed rule scrapping the requirement that swap execution facilities maintain an order book for permitted transactions, citing thin usage; comments run 30 days.
OCC Reported to Be Racing to Finish GENIUS Act Stablecoin Rules, With November in View
Decrypt reported Thursday that the OCC is pushing to finish its GENIUS Act stablecoin rulemaking, with November flagged as the target; the agency itself has confirmed no date.
CFTC ends its FTX cases against Ellison and Wang: bans yes, money no
The CFTC has closed its fraud cases against Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang with backdated trading and registration bans and no monetary penalties, citing their cooperation and an $11.02 billion criminal forfeiture order.
The SEC says it has proposed crypto fundraising exemptions. What it has actually published so far is a video and a slogan.
SEC Chair Paul Atkins announced a rulemaking package he calls Regulation Crypto Assets, which Decrypt reports would create fundraising exemptions for token issuers; the rule text, thresholds and comment period remain unpublished.
SEC proposes bespoke token-offering rules, with a safe harbor that switches off "investment contract"
The SEC has proposed "Regulation Crypto Assets," a pair of Securities Act exemptions capped at $5 million and $75 million plus a conditional safe harbor that would take qualifying tokens outside the definition of a security, with comments open for 60 days.
CFTC chair sets Aug. 20 debut for Innovation Advisory Committee, with no roster or agenda attached
CFTC Chairman Mike Selig said on Aug. 18 that the agency's Innovation Advisory Committee meets for the first time on Aug. 20, offering no roster, agenda or public meeting notice.
CFTC proposes carving SEC-registered advisers out of commodity pool registration
The CFTC proposed exempting some SEC-registered advisers from commodity pool operator and trading advisor registration, and would raise the small-pool threshold for inflation, with 45 days for comment.
OCC sent Zerohash's trust bank application back. The company didn't mention it until asked.
The OCC returned Zerohash's national trust bank application on July 17 as materially deficient, and the Morgan Stanley infrastructure provider says it will refile this month with a narrower scope.
CFTC staff tells exchanges their prediction-market incentive filings aren't good enough
The CFTC's Division of Market Oversight told exchanges on August 12 that a growing number of self-certified market-maker and incentive-program filings for event contracts are arriving with procedural or substantive defects.
CFTC declares a market emergency at Kalshi's request — and orders the exchange to keep trading
The CFTC invoked emergency authority on August 11 to order Kalshi to keep operating, twelve days after New York's attorney general sued to bar the exchange's event contracts nationwide and sought more than $36 billion.
CFTC sues Goliath Ventures and its CEO over alleged $397 million crypto Ponzi scheme
The CFTC filed a civil complaint in Florida federal court alleging Goliath Ventures and CEO Christopher Delgado ran a Ponzi scheme that took at least $397 million from roughly 1,600 customers.
Coinbase says it has an Abu Dhabi licence for tokenized securities
Coinbase says Abu Dhabi's FSRA granted it a Financial Services Permission to arrange deals in and custody tokenized securities, making the emirate its international tokenization base.
CFTC sets Aug. 20 for the first meeting of its Innovation Advisory Committee — agenda and membership still undisclosed
The CFTC will convene the first meeting of its Innovation Advisory Committee at 1 p.m. on Aug. 20 in Washington, though the agency has not published an agenda or a membership roster.
Robinhood turns on UK crypto via Bitstamp, with a "zero-fee" label that has an FX fee attached
Robinhood switched on crypto trading for eligible UK customers this week, routing more than 50 tokens through FCA-registered Bitstamp UK, as its own crypto revenue fell 38% year over year and prediction markets overtook it.
Judge to Coinbase on prediction-market preemption: 'applesauce'
A federal judge in Michigan refused to shield Coinbase from state gambling enforcement over sports event contracts, calling the exchange's federal-preemption arguments "applesauce.
Senate punts Clarity Act vote to September, leaving a three-week window before the midterms swallow the calendar
Senate Majority Leader John Thune told The Block the chamber will not take a procedural vote on the Clarity Act until lawmakers return from recess in mid-September.
Clarity Act vote slips to September as Senate leaves for recess
Senate Majority Leader John Thune says the Senate will not vote on the Clarity Act before its August recess, pushing the crypto market structure bill's procedural vote to mid-September.
Coinbase opens 24/5 US stock trading to UK users, with Apex holding the shares
Coinbase began rolling out zero-commission trading in nearly 4,000 US stocks to eligible UK users on Aug. 6, with shares custodied by Apex Clearing and orders routed through its US broker-dealer.
SEC builds a dedicated accounting-fraud unit — with no headcount, no budget, and no mention of digital assets
The SEC created a Financial Reporting and Accounting Unit inside its Enforcement Division on August 5, 2026, led by Timothy Zimmerman, with no headcount, budget or effective date disclosed.
Crypto lobby and sheriffs' group trade letters over Clarity Act's DeFi carve-out, with days left before recess
The Blockchain Association wrote to Senate leaders on Monday disputing the National Sheriffs' Association's claim that the Clarity Act would exempt DeFi from anti-money-laundering rules, days before an August recess.
Bithumb sets 2028 IPO date, with a 2027 filing and an accounting overhaul in between
Bithumb says it will file for a preliminary listing review in 2027 and complete an IPO in 2028, three years after its original target, following a promotional payout error that drew a regulatory probe.
Circle picks up a New York trust charter — while the reserve job its federal bank was pitched for stays deferred
Circle said Friday it won a limited-purpose trust charter from New York's financial regulator, three weeks after OCC approval of a national trust bank whose USDC reserve role is deferred.
The Clarity Act's last week before recess comes down to one paragraph on ethics
Senators Thom Tillis and Ruben Gallego sent fresh ethics language to the White House on July 30 as prediction-market odds on the Clarity Act passing by year-end fell to 26–37%, the lowest of 2026.
CFTC fines George Santos $35,000 for trading an event contract on whether he would show up to the State of the Union
The CFTC settled with former Rep. George Santos on July 31 over trades in a Kalshi event contract on his own State of the Union attendance, imposing disgorgement, a penalty and a three-year trading ban.
Russia's central bank floats capital rules for crypto custodians ahead of September framework
The Bank of Russia published draft rules requiring crypto "digital depositories" to hold between 50 million and 250 million rubles in liquid capital, ahead of a national crypto framework due to take full effect by September 2026.
Hong Kong's regulator scores its banks 2.3 out of 10 on quantum readiness
Hong Kong's central bank scored its banking sector 2.3 out of 10 on a new quantum-readiness index, with roughly half of surveyed banks yet to formalize any post-quantum cryptography plan.
NY Attorney General James tells Senate the CLARITY Act would 'dilute' states' power to prosecute crypto fraud
New York AG Letitia James told a Senate subcommittee the CLARITY Act would preempt state investor-protection laws and weaken fraud prosecution, as backers push for a Senate floor vote before the August recess.
CFTC tells prediction markets to stop filing cookie-cutter event contracts
The CFTC issued a second advisory in recent months warning prediction-market operators like Kalshi and Polymarket to stop filing broad, template-style event-contract self-certifications instead of detailing each product.
CFTC staff extends dormancy relief for Kraken's rebranded futures exchange
The CFTC's Division of Market Oversight granted Kraken Derivatives Exchange — the futures venue formerly known as Small Exchange — a time-limited extension of earlier no-action relief tied to dormancy procedures.
CFTC tells exchanges to stop bundling event contracts into one catch-all filing
The CFTC's Division of Market Oversight told exchanges on July 24, 2026 to stop filing broad, template-style self-certifications that bundle many event-contract variations into a single filing, saying the practice blocks proper review.
CFTC buys itself another month on 24/7 futures and energy "perpetuals"
The CFTC pushed its public-comment deadline back 30 days to August 26, 2026, on whether to permit 24/7 trading of standard energy futures and to list perpetual contracts referencing physical or storable energy commodities.
SEC Sets September 17 Roundtable on 24-Hour Stock Trading
The SEC said it will hold a public roundtable on September 17, 2026 to discuss preparations for round-the-clock trading in U.S. equity markets, with agenda and panelists still to come.
SEC Sets September Roundtable on 24-Hour Equity Trading
The SEC will hold a public roundtable on September 17, 2026, to weigh moving U.S. equity markets toward around-the-clock trading, and is taking public comment under File No. 4-913.
Peirce weighs in on crypto vaults and onchain lending — as a commissioner, not the Commission
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce published a personal statement on crypto vaults and onchain lending strategies on July 22, addressing how DeFi "curator" roles fit existing securities law.
SEC's No. 2 Enforcement Official Sam Waldon to Depart July 31
The SEC said Sam Waldon, its Principal Deputy Director of Enforcement, will leave the agency on July 31 after 14 years; Osman Nawaz, who rejoined last month, will replace him.
Trump signs off on crypto ethics language — then hands enforcement to the DOJ, and Democrats balk
President Trump agreed to ethics language barring federal officials from issuing digital assets, but a fight over whether the DOJ or state attorneys general enforce it now threatens the Clarity Act before the Senate's August 7 recess.
Russia's Duma clears bill letting ordinary investors buy crypto — with a 300,000-ruble annual leash
Russia's State Duma passed a bill Tuesday putting crypto trading under state oversight and letting retail investors buy major tokens through registered intermediaries, capped at 300,000 rubles a year each.
CLARITY Act's odds hit a record low on Polymarket as Senate ethics fight drags
Polymarket traders now give the CLARITY Act just a 32% chance of becoming law this year — a record low — as Senate talks stall over a bipartisan ethics provision.
CFTC Ends Routine Large-Trader Position Reporting for Physical Commodity Swaps
The CFTC issued a final order ending Part 20's routine daily and event-based position reports for physical commodity swaps, while keeping recordkeeping and special-call powers in place.
Trump Media to sell traders an early peek at Trump's Truth Social posts
Trump Media said it will sell trading firms millisecond-early access to Truth Social posts, including President Trump's, as a legal ethics expert called the plan "brazen corruption.
SEC proposes making electronic delivery the default for investor disclosures
The SEC voted to propose Regulation E-Delivery on July 16, 2026, a rule letting issuers, broker-dealers and advisers default to electronic rather than paper delivery of required disclosures; it now heads to public comment.
Senate votes unanimously against a Bankman-Fried pardon
The U.S. Senate passed a resolution by unanimous consent declaring that convicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried should receive no presidential pardon or commutation.
CFTC Overrides Michigan Court, Orders Kalshi to Settle Cancelled Trades
The CFTC on July 14 stayed a KalshiEX emergency rule change and invoked emergency authority to force the exchange to settle trades a Michigan court had ordered cancelled, escalating a national fight over who regulates prediction markets.
UK Defers Capital Gains Tax on Crypto Lending and Liquidity Pools From April 2027
HM Revenue & Customs will treat crypto lending and liquidity-pool deposits as "no gain, no loss," deferring Capital Gains Tax until an economic disposal, from 6 April 2027.
CFTC Freezes CME's Bid to Launch 24/7 Crude Oil Futures Trading
The CFTC on July 9 froze CME's self-certified contract that would have launched 24/7 crude oil futures trading as early as July 10, saying the exchange bypassed an open review of round-the-clock trading.
CFTC's Selig presses Senate on Clarity Act, warns regulators will fill the vacuum
CFTC Chair Michael Selig urged the Senate to pass the crypto market-structure Clarity Act before its August recess, warning that regulators would otherwise set the rules by default after Congress missed a July 4 target.
SEC to hold July 13 roundtable on reworking the IPO process
The SEC will livestream a July 13 roundtable on overhauling the IPO process and making it easier for companies to go and stay public, its small-business advocate and Corporation Finance division announced July 8.
Gemini adds 0% stock trading, pitches itself as a financial "super app"
Gemini launched zero-commission US stock trading on July 7, positioning itself as an "all-in-one financial super app" while still posting a $109 million quarterly net loss.
Vanguard, long crypto's loudest skeptic, advertises for a head of digital assets
Vanguard has posted a job ad for a head of digital assets to build a multi-year crypto strategy and represent the firm with regulators — a shift for a manager that once called Bitcoin an "immature asset class.
U.S. bitcoin reserve still on the drawing board 16 months after Trump ordered it
Sixteen months after Trump's executive order, the White House says it is still evaluating whether Treasury or Commerce should house a U.S. bitcoin reserve, and Congress has passed no law to back it.
SEC's Atkins declares the end of 'regulation by enforcement' — but the post is a slogan, not a docket
SEC Chairman Paul Atkins said the agency has ended the "regulation by enforcement" era and refocused on investor-protection cases — a statement of posture, posted with no case numbers or specifics attached.
U.S. wallets traded $571M on Polymarket's political markets — despite being banned from the platform
On-chain analysis firm Allium found U.S.-linked wallets traded about $571 million on Polymarket's political markets over the past year — the largest national share — despite the platform being barred from serving American users.
UK regulator proposes halving stablecoin capital buffer to 1%, below EU's MiCA
The UK's FCA proposed halving stablecoin issuers' capital buffer to 1% of coins in circulation, below the EU's 2% MiCA rule, days after the Bank of England dropped its planned holding cap.
SEC's Atkins marks a year of "historic steps" on crypto — without naming one
SEC Chairman Paul Atkins posted a video statement on July 2 claiming a year of "historic steps" to modernize crypto rules, but named no specific rule, action, or timeline.
Illinois passes a 0.2% crypto transaction tax; CFTC chair calls it planning "from an ivory tower"
CFTC Chair Michael Selig publicly attacked Illinois over its new 0.2% tax on crypto transactions, which was signed into law last month and takes effect in January 2027.
Coinbase Says It Won Conditional OCC Approval for a National Trust Charter
Coinbase says it won conditional OCC approval to charter a national trust company for its crypto custody business, stressing it won't take deposits or become a bank.
Ethereum Foundation pitches itself to governments as "neutral" public infrastructure
The Ethereum Foundation published a non-technical policy guide urging governments to treat decentralized public blockchains as neutral infrastructure for identity, records and tokenization — while pitching Ethereum over rivals.
CFTC Opens a Rules Review, Inviting the Public to Name What Should Go
The CFTC opened a Request for Information on June 16 asking the public to flag rules, guidance, and no-action letters it should reconsider to ease competition for fintech firms.
CFTC Opens Comment Period on 24/7 Futures and Energy 'Perpetual' Contracts
The CFTC on June 22 opened a public comment period on letting standard futures trade around the clock and on introducing perpetual futures tied to physically delivered or storable energy commodities.
CFTC Sues Kentucky, Claiming State Is Trying to Shut Down Markets It Doesn't Regulate
The CFTC filed suit against Kentucky on June 23, 2026, seeking to stop the state from using its own laws to shut down federally registered contract markets, which the agency says fall under its exclusive jurisdiction.
CFTC proposes new data-reporting rules for event contracts, opens public comment
The CFTC published a proposed rule on June 25 seeking public comment on new data-reporting requirements for certain event contracts, amending Parts 15, 16, and 17 of its regulations.
CFTC hits two offshore firms with $2.5M over illegal leveraged retail trades
The CFTC on June 29 ordered offshore firms Netrios LP Ltd. and Red Acre Ltd. to pay $2.5 million combined for illegally offering leveraged or margined retail commodity transactions to U.S. customers off-exchange.
SEC and CFTC Ask the Public Three More Questions About Harmonizing Derivatives Rules — and Propose Nothing
Over two weeks in June 2026, the SEC and CFTC issued three joint requests for public comment on harmonizing derivatives rules — product definitions, data reporting and portfolio margining — but proposed no actual rules.
CFTC Clears Path for Exchanges to Convert Crypto "Perp-Style" Futures into True Perpetuals — But the Relief Has Already Lapsed
The CFTC's Division of Market Oversight issued a no-action letter allowing registered exchanges to strip expiration dates from digital-commodity futures and create true perpetuals, but the relief expired June 30.
CFTC Opens 21-Day Comment Window on Fintech Rules It Says May "Unduly Impede" Firm Partnerships
The CFTC issued a Request for Information seeking public input on which of its own rules may impede fintech partnerships, acting under Trump's Executive Order 14405 without naming any specific target.
CFTC Escalates Multi-State War Over Prediction Markets, Suing Kentucky and New Mexico to Assert Exclusive Federal Jurisdiction
The CFTC has gone on the offensive, suing New Mexico and Kentucky in federal court to assert exclusive federal jurisdiction over prediction markets like Kalshi against state gaming laws.
SEC Opens a 60-Day Comment Window on "Novel" ETFs — Without Once Saying "Crypto"
The SEC issued a June 30 request for 60 days of public comment on ETFs holding "innovative asset classes," while naming no specific asset and changing no rules.
CFTC moves to replace its 2017 prediction-market "band-aids" with actual rules
The CFTC issued two June rulemaking proposals to replace nine years of informal no-action letters governing prediction markets with formal rules on reporting and on vetting sports and gaming contracts for the public interest.
Trump's 2025 Disclosure Shows Crypto Became His Biggest Business — Well Over $800M Booked, Filings Suggest $1B+
Trump's 2025 financial disclosure, released June 30, itemizes hundreds of millions in crypto income from a memecoin and his family's DeFi venture, with reported totals ranging from well over $800 million to more than $1 billion.
SEC opens 60-day comment period on reworking ETF rules, with crypto funds in the frame
The SEC has opened a 60-day public comment period on reworking its fast-track ETF listing rules, asking whether funds holding non-securities such as crypto can qualify as investment companies.