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Kalshi has permanently banned former U.S. Representative George Santos and imposed a $71,356 penalty after finding that he manipulated an attendance market to earn $17,839.57. Kalshi’s Aug. 28 disciplinary notice said Santos placed large trades between Feb. 2 and Feb.…
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Hyperliquid Labs and Kraken parent Payward have entered advanced talks to offer selected Hyperliquid-linked perpetual futures to U.S. traders through CFTC-regulated exchange Bitnomial. Hyperliquid could reach U.S. traders through Bitnomial Bloomberg reported on Aug. 31 that Hyperliquid Labs and Payward…
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Hyperliquid has faced a potential 10-to-12-month regulatory process to enter the U.S. market even if federal agencies move quickly, according to former SEC senior counsel Ashley Ebersole, after President Donald Trump said regulators were working on a compliant route for…
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Polymarket has strengthened its trade surveillance and investigation systems ahead of the U.S. midterm elections, as the prediction market operator faces scrutiny over insider trading and American access to its international platform. Reuters reported on Aug. 31 that Polymarket’s new…
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Bitcoin held near $78,000 after U.S. strikes in Iran lifted oil above $90 and pressured stocks, extending BTC’s August outperformance.
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A former White House teleprompter operator has agreed to pay $172,539 after U.S. regulators found he used advance access to President Donald Trump’s speeches to make more than $107,500 trading prediction market contracts. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said on…
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Ripple legal chief Stuart Alderoty linked the CLARITY Act to job growth as the Senate prepares for a September 15 procedural vote.
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President Donald Trump has announced an oil agreement that would give the United States a 55% effective output share in a new venture controlling 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan reserves. According to Trump’s Truth Social announcement, Secretary of State Marco…
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed a rule amendment that would exempt European Union debt from futures trading and open a 60-day public comment period. SEC proposal would cover EU debt futures The SEC, in an Aug. 28…
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed allowing crypto projects to raise up to $75 million annually without full registration, reopening public token fundraising at a time when investor demand for new tokens has fallen sharply from the ICO…
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Tokenized deposits have raised concerns that faster movement of bank money could reduce U.S. banks’ capacity to fund long term loans by hundreds of billions of dollars if the technology reaches widespread adoption. According to an Aug. 25 research paper…
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Ripple Prime has launched a Delta One business that lets institutional clients trade total return swaps tied to U.S.-listed equities, indexes and digital assets through its multi-asset prime brokerage platform. Ripple said Thursday that the service is live for hedge…
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Saitama chief executive Manpreet Kohli has lost his UK court challenge against extradition to the United States, where prosecutors have charged him with wire fraud and cryptocurrency market manipulation tied to a token once valued at $7.5 billion. Reuters reported…
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The U.S. government has moved a small amount of Bitcoin seized from Alameda Research accounts on Binance.US about three years ago, with the transaction involving roughly 0.0048 BTC worth about $377. Arkham Intelligence reported the transfer in an Aug. 27…
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Thirty-nine U.S. state bankers associations have formed BankChain Alliance to develop a bank-owned blockchain network for tokenized deposits, stablecoins, smart payments and automated settlement, with a launch targeted for 2027. BankChain Alliance said in its Aug. 25 announcement that the…
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The U.S. government has transferred a small amount of Bitcoin seized from Alameda Research’s Binance.US accounts three years ago, renewing attention on how federal agencies will handle the remaining assets. Arkham Intelligence reported the transaction on Aug. 26, describing the…
