Regulation

Regulation

Policy

Prediction markets should dial back faulty filings for incentives to boost trading: CFTC

The U.S. regulator of platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket suggests the industry is getting into bad compliance habits that may allow for market abuse.

CFTC HQ

Policy

Russia moves to restrict retail crypto trading to bitcoin, ether and USDT

Non-qualified investors face a 300,000-ruble (approx. $3,600) annual purchase limit per intermediary, while qualified investors have no cap.

The Kremlin in Moscow (Artem Beliaikin/Unsplash)

News Analysis

If crypto goes back to the congressional drawing board, 3 Democrat women loom large

The Democrats who may get a bigger say in future crypto legislative efforts are familiar figures, and they generally look at digital assets with distrust.

U.S. Representative Maxine Waters (Eric Lee/Getty Images)

Policy

U.S. SEC sets meeting to propose Reg Crypto to support certain digital assets offerings

The Securities and Exchange Commission will vote this week to start its first major crypto rulemaking process.

U.S. SEC headquarter in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

UK’s FCA to regulate tokenized gold to preserve London’s place as the top hub for bullion

The FCA said it will 'have more to say on' their approach to tokenization, as it draws up rules to put assets on the blockchain.

Gold bars (Scottsdale Mint/Unsplash)

Policy

OKX's Rafique doubts Clarity Act will pass, warns optimism is already priced into bitcoin

The OKX executive says Democrats have little incentive to hand Republicans a crypto victory before the midterms.

U.S. Capitol, the seat of Congress in Washington (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

News Analysis

After a Clarity Act funeral, the crypto world would keep turning

With the U.S. crypto bill missing a crucial window before the Senate hangs its closed-for-summer sign, the alternatives are getting more attention.

CFTC Chair Mike Selig (left) and SEC Chair Paul Atkins (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Bernstein sees another leg lower for crypto markets if Clarity Act stalls

The broker said failure to pass the Clarity Act this year would likely send crypto lower, but expects U.S. regulators to accelerate rulemaking.

U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. (lazyllama/Shutterstock)

Policy

Bitget set to exit Japan, close all remaining positions by year-end

The crypto trading platform, ranked fifth on CoinGecko, stopped accepting new registrations on Sunday and plans to shut down all remaining positions by Dec. 31.

Tokyo, Japan. (Erik Eastman/Unsplash)

Policy

Robinhood wins UK crypto registration before new regulatory regime kicks off

Robinhood’s U.K. arm was added to the FCA's list of registered cryptoasset companies as of July 31.

Robinhood's Vlad Tenev speaks at Token2049 in Singapore (Token2049)