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Kraken’s $100M power play, aka snatching Small Exchange to own U.S. crypto derivatives

Kraken is turning up the heat in the U.S. derivatives game. Dropping a cool $100 million, it just snapped up Small Exchange from IG...

Crypto regulators finally decide to play nice, but don’t get too comfortable

Once upon a time, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission fought like cats in a sack over who owned...

OKX Pauses Perps DEX Launch Citing CFTC Risk

Crypto exchange OKX built a perps DEX in 2023, but it did not launch the mainnet product. Founder and CEO Star Xu said regulatory...

Trump considers new CFTC chair as Winklevoss pressure pauses Brian Quintenz

Donald Trump is weighing new CFTC chair candidates after Brian Quintenz’s Senate confirmation stalled. The pause followed outreach from the Winklevoss twins over Gemini’s...

Offshore exchanges will get the green light from the CFTC?

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is thinking about letting foreign crypto exchanges play ball with American investors. Big news, huh? Caroline Pham,...

Explosive Texts: CFTC Nominee Brian Quintenz Publishes Private Messages with Winklevoss Twins before Gemini IPO

Brian Quintenz, the CFTC nominee, published private texts with Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss. He posted the screenshots on X on Wednesday. He said...

SEC Crypto Task Force Targets Surveillance and Privacy in October Roundtable

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) crypto task force will hold a public roundtable on October 17 in Washington, D.C. The discussion will...

Polymarket is back in the US

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission just gave a nod of approval that’s shaking the prediction market game. Polymarket, the heavyweight champ that’s been banned...

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