The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has named some crypto leaders as new members to its Global Markets Advisory Committee (GMAC) and its Digital Asset Markets Subcommittee (DAMS). Key Takeaways: The CFTC has added high crypto and Wall Street figures to its Digital Asset Markets Subcommittee. JPMorgan’s Scott Lucas and Franklin Templeton’s Sandy Kaul…
X’s Global Government Affairs workforce introduced on September 19, 2025, that it had uncovered a bribery community making an attempt to reinstate accounts suspended for crypto scams and platform manipulation. According to the corporate, middlemen had been used to strategy staff with bribe presents on behalf of scammers whose accounts had beforehand been banned. The…
A federal choose has struck down former U.S. President Donald Trump’s $15 billion lawsuit in opposition to The New York Times, a case that accused the paper of defamation and election interference. The ruling, delivered by Judge Steven D. Merryday of the Middle District of Florida, criticized the submitting as improper beneath Rule 8 of…
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul Atkins mentioned on Friday that the company is making ready reforms to company disclosure guidelines, a transfer that might give corporations, together with these within the crypto sector, better flexibility over once they report earnings. Speaking on CNBC, Atkins confirmed that the SEC is “prioritizing” a proposal…
The regulatory panorama for digital belongings is shifting quick, with Washington and London each initiating main adjustments. From a softer enforcement stance on the SEC to Trump’s renewed push for company reporting reform, and the forging of a transatlantic crypto alliance — here’s what that you must know this week. SEC to Issue Warning Notices…
The White House is looking out for contemporary candidates to chair the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) after the nomination of Brian Quintenz stalled amid mounting political pushback and controversy involving the Winklevoss twins. Quintenz, a former CFTC commissioner and head of coverage at a16z crypto, was tapped by President Donald Trump in February to…
Canadian authorities have confirmed the nation’s largest cryptocurrency seizure so far, taking management of greater than 56 million Canadian {dollars} (about $40 million) in belongings from the little-known change TradeOgre. The operation, carried out by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), dismantled the platform solely, marking the primary time Canadian regulation enforcement has shut down…
Crypto alternate Kraken has unveiled Kraken Launch, a brand new platform designed to provide retail buyers direct entry to early token gross sales in a regulatory-compliant method. The initiative, announced in partnership with fundraising platform Legion, marks one in all Kraken’s most formidable steps but towards reshaping how digital belongings are launched to the market….
Ramil Ventura Palafox, the chief government of a bitcoin funding and multi-level advertising agency, has pleaded responsible to wire fraud and cash laundering. According to federal authorities, he orchestrated a Ponzi scheme that defrauded greater than 90,000 international traders. The 60-year-old twin citizen of the United States and the Philippines admitted in federal courtroom that…
The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has issued new steerage requiring banks to combine blockchain analytics into their compliance applications, marking its newest step in tightening oversight of digital belongings. In a discover released on Wednesday, Superintendent Adrienne Harris directed all New York banking organizations, together with branches of overseas banks, to…