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Trump Says CFTC Working to Onshore Hyperliquid
The president said CFTC Chair Michael Selig is working to bring the geoblocked perpetual futures venue into the US "in a fully compliant and legal fashion," sending HYPE and Hyperliquid Strategies shares up and CME and Cboe down.
SEC Proposes Token Offering Rules With $75 Million Exemption
The proposal pairs two registration exemptions with a conditional safe harbor that would take the "investment contract" label off a token, and preempts state securities law. All three sitting commissioners backed it in a vote held outside a public meeting.
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Trump Says CFTC Working to Onshore Hyperliquid
The president said CFTC Chair Michael Selig is working to bring the geoblocked perpetual futures venue into the US "in a fully compliant and legal fashion," sending HYPE and Hyperliquid Strategies shares up and CME and Cboe down.
SEC Proposes Token Offering Rules With $75 Million Exemption
The proposal pairs two registration exemptions with a conditional safe harbor that would take the "investment contract" label off a token, and preempts state securities law. All three sitting commissioners backed it in a vote held outside a public meeting.
SEC Advances Tokenized-Securities Exemption That Could Enable 24/7 Trading
Atkins says the framework would support compliant onchain trading while long-term rules are developed; Friday's scheduled Commission consideration covers a separate offering proposal.
CFTC Sues Goliath Ventures Over Alleged $397M DeFi Liquidity Pool Ponzi
The complaint says $87 million went to Ponzi payments, $174 million to recruiter commissions and $48 million to CEO Christopher Delgado's personal spending, with recoveries for roughly 1,600 customers now running through a bankruptcy estate.
a16z's Miles Jennings Says Banks Fighting the CLARITY Act Are 'Accelerating Their Own Obsolescence'
Six banking trade groups are still pressing senators to tighten the bill's prohibition on interest-like rewards for holding stablecoins, a payment Jennings says will continue under GENIUS if CLARITY dies.
Traders Push CLARITY Act Odds Into 2027 After Thune Skips Cloture Filing
Kalshi's Sept. 1 contract now trades at 2 cents, while the price on enactment before Jan. 1, 2028 ticked up, moving the implied probability out of this year and into the next.
US Sanctions Iranian Marine Insurers Taking Bitcoin for Strait of Hormuz Passage
Treasury says HormuzSafe, developed by Iran's Ministry of Economy, accepted digital assets to fund an IRGC-backed 'extortion' scheme targeting commercial shipping.
Securitize Registers Capital Affiliate as SEC Investment Adviser
Securitize Capital's registration took effect July 22, SEC records show, adding an advisory license to the tokenization firm's U.S. regulatory lineup three weeks after its NYSE debut.
India Orders GitHub to Remove Jack Dorsey's Bitchat Code
India's cybercrime agency gave GitHub three hours to pull three Bitchat repositories, objecting to the mesh messaging app's ability to work during internet shutdowns amid protests in New Delhi. Digital rights advocates called the order unconstitutional.
SEC's Peirce Says Onchain Vaults, Lending Can Trigger Securities Laws
The Commissioner known as 'Crypto Mom' framed the statement as an invitation to engage rather than an enforcement threat, warning builders who twist the law that they "will have a painful fall."