The US CFTC launches a pilot program that allows bitcoin, ether, USDC, or other payment stablecoins to be used as margin collateral in US derivatives markets
So Why's BTC Stuck At $90,000? Ronaldo Marquez / Bitcoinist.com : New CFTC Crypto Initiative: Bitcoin, Ethereum, To Serve As Collateral In Derivatives Trading Oluwapelumi Adejumo / CryptoSlate : The C...
Paxos applies to create a US national trust bank, which would let it manage and hold assets on behalf of customers, following Circle's and Ripple's applications
Here's why that matters Paxos : Paxos to Pursue National Trust Charter with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Ronaldo Marquez / Bitcoin Insider : Paxos Applies To Establish National Trust ...
Winklevoss twins' crypto exchange Gemini says it has confidentially filed for an IPO in the US, after SEC dropped its probe and Gemini settled with CFTC for $5M
Update CoinDesk : Billionaire Winklevoss Twins-Backed Exchange Gemini Files With SEC For Planned IPO Vicky Ge Huang / Wall Street Journal : Crypto Exchange Gemini Files for IPO Landon Manning / BeInCr...
Trump hosted a gala dinner for top buyers of $TRUMP, including Justin Sun, and said he was fulfilling his promise to make the US the world's “crypto capital”
and no access to the president NBC News : Who attended Trump's crypto dinner? Photos and social media offer some clues Vignesh Karunanidhi / crypto.news : TRON's Justin Sun vows to cement Trump, US cr...
Crypto.com says the US SEC won't pursue enforcement action; Crypto.com sued the SEC in October after receiving a Wells notice signaling potential charges
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Court filing: FTX and the CFTC agree a $12.7B settlement after months of negotiations, pending a judge's approval; FTX will return up to $12.7B to creditors
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Gemini will return ~$50M of digital assets to investors who were locked out of their accounts when Gemini Earn collapsed, to settle a lawsuit by New York's AG
Bans the Exchange From Crypto Lending in the State Jonathan Stempel / Reuters : New York recovers $50 mln for defrauded Gemini Earn crypto investors Mike Millard / DL News : New York recovers $50m for...
New York Attorney General expands her October 2023 lawsuit against DCG, Genesis, and Gemini Trust, tripling the size of their alleged Gemini Earn fraud to $3B+
Claiming $3 Billion In Alleged Crypto Fraud Scheme Owotunse Adebayo / Cryptopolitan : New York demands $3 billion from DCG amid expanded lawsuit Jamie Redman / Bitcoin News : Court Filing Shows Genesi...
A US judge sides with the SEC, ruling that Terraform broke the law by not registering four cryptocurrencies, but dismisses the SEC's security-based swap claims
In this case, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") … Cristian Lipciuc / CryptoPotato : Terraform Labs Sold Unregistered Securities, Says Judge Jai Hamid / Cryptopolitan : Is the SEC trying t...
The US SEC rejects Coinbase's petition for formal digital asset rules, because the “existing securities regime appropriately governs crypto asset securities”
Exchange Responds by Taking the Regulator to Court Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel / crypto.news : SEC chair, lawmakers are ‘gaslighting,’ CryptoLaw founder says Maxwell Mutuma / CoinGape : Coinbase CEO Sees S...