CME is arguing that perps are harmful to its long-dated futures products. The lawsuit alleges that the CFTC did not consider the ramifications of approving perps, and that these products are actually “swaps” as defined by the Dodd-Frank Act, and not “futures.” Each term carries implications for how the products themselves are to be regulated

The Federal Reserve proposed Thursday that payment stablecoin issuers maintain written customer identification programs, a move that signals Washington’s determination to bring digital asset markets under the same anti-money laundering discipline long applied to traditional banks — even as regulators race to finalize rules before a statutory deadline this coming January. The proposal would require

Exploiter converted stolen Humanity Protocol funds into USDC before transfers. Stolen assets were split across wallets to complicate blockchain tracking. Attack stemmed from phishing malware that exposed critical admin keys.  The attacker behind the recent Humanity Protocol breach has begun moving and converting stolen assets. Blockchain tracking data shows that part of the funds was

In BlackRock Bitcoin news today, three-quarters of investors in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF had never owned an ETF before buying it, and once inside, many began buying S&P 500 funds, gold ETFs, and AI products from the same issuer. The narrative was always that Wall Street money would flow into crypto through these wrappers.

The setup was built over several weeks, where the attacker deployed dozens of fake token contracts and fake liquidity pools – a term for a pile of tokens locked on a decentralized exchange – that looked like profitable trades. Some mimicked familiar assets such as wrapped ether (WETH), and dollar-pegged stablecoins USDC and USDT. That

Bitcoin price slipped below key support near $64,000 after a hawkish shift from the Federal Reserve erased gains tied to easing geopolitical tensions, placing the market at risk of a deeper pullback toward the $60,000 range. The bitcoin price fell from a June 17 high of $66,315 to an intraday low near $62,000 during early

Dogecoin’s monthly triangle pattern returns as traders compare 2017, 2020, and 2026 setups while watching 2022 lows. Dogecoin is back in focus after traders identified a repeated triangle pattern on its monthly chart. The setup is being compared with DOGE structures seen during past market cycles. The latest analysis points to similar triangle formations in

Fidelity Investments launched the Fidelity Reserves Digital Fund (FYMXX) on June 15, a government money market fund built specifically to hold stablecoin reserves under the GENIUS Act, joining a growing queue of traditional finance giants racing to own the plumbing of the regulated stablecoin economy. Currently, the total stablecoin market cap sits at over $315Bn,

May 26: The company confirmed it had used its cash reserve to finance the bond repurchase. The transaction had reduced the fund to $871 million. The buyback reduced that reserve to roughly six months of STRC dividend coverage. The company had previously said the plan was to maintain about 24 months of dividend coverage. STRC

Franklin Templeton has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch two exchange-traded funds that channel corporate dividend payments directly into bitcoin, the latest sign of Wall Street’s push to embed cryptocurrency into traditional investment structures. The Thursday filing registers the Franklin US Equity Bitcoin DRIP Index ETF and the Franklin US Innovation Bitcoin