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DOJ investigating $2.6 billion worth of oil bets placed just before Trump’s Iran war announcements, report says

Minutes before Donald Trump said he would delay an attack on Iran in March, traders bet more than $500 million oil prices would fall

The Independent UK

Bitcoin Gets Historic Regulatory Greenlight—So Why's BTC Stuck At $90,000?

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Monday launched a first-of-its-kind U.S. program, enabling approved futures commission merchants to accept Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), and payment stablecoins such as USDC as collateral for futures and swaps.

Benzinga

Banned since 2022, Polymarket says it is returning to the U.S.

Prediction market hasn't operated here since 2022.

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What Binance's US lawsuit says about the future for cryptocurrency regulation

The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has been hit with a lawsuit by US regulator the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). This is not the first time a cryptocurrency exchange has been charged by a regulator. But this particular case involves a regulator that does not directly oversee cryptocurrencies. This…

The Conversation

CFTC chairman urges strengthening conflict-of-interest part of Senate crypto bill

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Rostin Behnam urged senators to strengthen conflict of interest and financial disclosure provisions for cryptocurrency entities in a key piece of legislation in light of the collapse of the FTX exchange.

Tribune News Service

CME Group Files For Futures Brokerage After Criticizing Rival FTX For Doing The Same Thing

After criticizing cryptocurrency exchange FTX for its plans to cut out the middlemen in the futures markets, CME Group Inc.

Benzinga

Commentary: Political prediction markets are an antidote to degraded public discourse

Recently, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, withdrew its no-action letter from Victoria University of Wellington, which since 2014 has been allowed to operate the political prediction market PredictIt.

Chicago Tribune

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Why cryptocurrencies have gone from the next hot thing to a full-on meltdown

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are plunging. Here's what to know about a market that just a few months ago was being touted as the future of finance.

WEKU

3 Things You May Not Know About Gary Gensler: What About His Mega NFL TV Deal?

The former chair of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Gary Gensler is a 64-year-old staunch Democrat from Baltimore, Maryland whose entire career had been spent in finance, both in the private and government sectors.

Benzinga

Bipartisan crypto bill outlines regulatory, tax framework - Roll Call

New legislation would treat cryptocurrency as a commodity and give the Commodity Futures Trading Commission regulatory authority.

Roll Call

US Sues Cryptocurrency Exchange Run by Winklevoss Twins

US regulators on Thursday said they are suing the Gemini Trust cryptocurrency exchange, which is run by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, for giving misleading answers in 2017 about a bitcoin project. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission lawsuit filed in federal court in New York accuses Gemini of not being upfront…

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