Regulation
Bitcoin’s $113,000 case strengthens as US regulators push 9 crypto actions
The SEC and CFTC are building much of crypto’s market infrastructure even after Congress failed to advance CLARITY.
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Legislation
Trump to meet Coinbase, Ripple and crypto leaders as CLARITY Act odds collapse to 10%
Trump, SEC Chair Paul Atkins and CFTC Chair Michael Selig are expected to meet industry leaders as political disputes threaten CLARITY’s path.
Regulation
CME freezes Nasdaq’s major Bitcoin launch, warning a legal loophole could upend the entire commodities market
The review will test whether a securities exchange can list direct Bitcoin index options in a market CME says belongs exclusively under CFTC oversight.
Regulation
$131 billion crypto vault boom will test the limits of SEC’s friendlier crypto stance
Peirce says professionally managed lending and yield products may still trigger investment and securities rules.
ETF
Crypto won the ETF fight but now the SEC is questioning if things have gone too far
The SEC is reconsidering whether increasingly complex ETFs are stretching retail investors’ trust in the familiar fund structure too far.
Regulation
SEC could start writing crypto rules before the Senate votes on CLARITY
SEC's July agenda could give issuers, broker-dealers and trading venues a formal process before Congress settles market structure.
Legal
SEC and CFTC crypto plans face new risk from Supreme Court ruling
The court’s decision may make financial regulators more responsive to presidential priorities just as they prepare to define US digital asset oversight.
Analysis
How the SEC’s five-year plan could accelerate tokenized capital markets
Markets tend to respond to certainty faster than they respond to deregulation, which is why a non-binding SEC roadmap could move institutional capital long before any tokenization rule takes effect.
Trading
SEC targets 20-year-old rule standing between Wall Street and blockchain trading
The SEC’s plan to scrap the trade-through rule could remove a major obstacle for equities trading on blockchain networks.
Analysis
Revealing the moment crypto started reshaping American elections
Crypto entered Washington as a regulatory problem and returned two election cycles later as one of the most disciplined and well-funded political machines in the country.
Analysis
SEC’s tokenized stock plan could force crypto exchanges to answer what investors really own
The SEC wants to keep financial innovation from moving offshore, but its tokenized stocks push could create a parallel market with very different investor protections.
Trading
SEC removes huge pattern day trader barrier to allow retail investors to day trade Bitcoin with just $2k margin
One of the most hated rules for small traders is on its way out after the SEC approved a change that could reshape retail risk-taking.
