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Hester Peirce’s exit puts the SEC’s unfinished crypto agenda in two hands
Hester Peirce plans to leave the Securities and Exchange Commission on Oct. 2, leaving Chair Paul Atkins and Commissioner Mark Uyeda to handle a crypto offering…
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Kalshi lost another appeals case. Can states regulate prediction markets as gambling?
The Sixth Circuit ruled against Kalshi in Ohio and Tennessee a month after another appeals court sided with Nevada. New Jersey still has a conflicting ruling.…
Bitcoin
Billions in Bitcoin options expired today. What actually changed hands?
Bitcoin’s September 25 quarterly options expiry has put an enormous open-interest figure beside a much smaller and less visible question: which contracts produced payments? The exchange…
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A Solana oracle’s support ends today. Who still relies on its prices?
Switchboard’s September 25 support deadline has turned a six-day migration warning into a test of Solana’s price feeds. Current public documentation shows where its data remains…
Crypto assets
Crypto can serve as derivatives collateral. What happens when its price falls?
The CFTC has updated its guidance on tokenized customer-fund investments and blockchain records, putting the focus back on the rules that already let some futures intermediaries…
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The Fed has drafted stablecoin rules. Who can qualify to issue one?
The Federal Reserve’s two September 24 proposals describe more than the assets behind a dollar token. One proposal sets the terms for an insured state member…
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TRON based MeshWallet raises $10M for gasless USDT wallet expansion
MeshWallet has raised $10 million in a private funding round to expand its gasless USDT wallet on TRON and build new services around its self custodial…
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Raiffeisen’s crypto deal could reach 18 million customers. How many can actually trade?
Raiffeisen Bank International has built a group agreement with Bitpanda for its Central and Eastern European network. Its Austrian model is real. The 18 million customer…
Bitcoin
Bitcoin rallied after a Fed hike. Who bought it?
Bitcoin climbed past $87,000 after a rate increase that should have made risk harder to own. The public record identifies several sources of demand, but it…
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NYSE’s tokenized stocks plan puts control of onchain trading under scrutiny
NYSE and Blockchain.com have agreed to explore distributing tokenized U.S. shares to a global crypto audience. The deal leaves the harder questions for the platform’s launch:…