News with the tag "Exchange Act"

Bitcoin has faced significant volatility and selling pressure since the start of February, leading to bearish price action across altcoins and meme coins. The heightened uncertainty has caused concern among market participants, as the bullish momentum seen earlier in the year seems to have stalled. ...

Bitcoin has experienced a significant surge, climbing from local lows of $92,000 to a local top of $98,950 yesterday. This upward momentum has reignited optimism among investors and analysts as the leading cryptocurrency continues to show resilience after weeks of market indecision. However, the dyn...

Bitcoin is at a pivotal turning point following the Federal Reserve’s interest rate cut over three weeks ago. Holding strong above the $60,000 mark, BTC is making strides toward new highs as the entire crypto market anticipates a potential rally in the coming weeks. This optimistic sentiment is fuel...

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has initiated legal action against a fake trading platform and its associates for defrauding investors out of $3.6 million. The scheme, which targeted Asian Americans, involved soliciting funds in fiat and digital assets, with false promises of tr...

Crypto.com Senior Vice President Steve Humenik has joined Coinbase by voicing opposition to a proposed rule change by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) that could lead to the prohibition of prediction markets in the United States. In a letter to the CFTC, Humenik expressed concerns abo...

Combined spot and derivatives volumes on centralized crypto exchanges fell 21.8% in June as crypto exchanges continued to tussle for market share.

Uniswap Labs argues the SEC’s proposed legal amendments to give it power over DeFi are being made against “a legal backdrop that no longer exists.”

The United States Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court’s ruling dismissing U.S.-based users’ damages claim against Binance. Aggrieved users will once again attempt to prove that their claims do not constitute an “impermissible extraterritorial application” of U.S. securities law. ‘Impermissib...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) says that most of the tips called into its Whistleblower Program in 2023 involved crypto. In a statement, CFTC Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero says the agency received a record-breaking 1,530 tips through the Whistleblower Program this year. “As ...

A recent ruling by a U.S. judge declared that Tornado Cash holds the legal status of a “person.” This development came on the heels of a previous verdict in June, which recognized the decentralized autonomous organization Ooki DAO in a similar manner. U.S. Judiciary Designates Tornado Cash as ‘Perso...