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New York Sues Polymarket US Over Unlicensed Gambling
New York sued Polymarket's U.S. exchange on Sept. 24, asking a state court to close it as an unlicensed gambling business and take its profits. Attorney General Letitia James filed the verified petition in Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, naming QCX LLC, which does...
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Bitcoin Breakout Cools as Fed Rate-Hike Bets Climb
Bitcoin has slipped back below $85,000 after tagging an eight-month high near $87,400 last week, with rising odds of an October Fed hike taking some air out of the rally.
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Ondo Leads An Overnight Altcoin Bid As Bitcoin Holds Near $84,000
Crypto's overnight session went the other way from the bond market. Bitcoin held a $743 range through Asia and Europe and into the first 90 minutes of New York trading, a day after the strongest U.S. business survey in more than five years drove Treasury yields to their highest level of the...
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SEC’s Peirce Urges Zero-Knowledge Proofs to Reduce KYC Data Collection
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce urged federal regulators to move away from data-heavy know-your-customer and anti-money-laundering requirements toward cryptographic checks that can verify compliance without exposing personal details. In a Sept. 23 speech at SIFMA’s Digital Assets Conference in...
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Only Four of Top 20 Crypto Treasury Firms Trade Above Holdings Value: DWF
Only four of the 20 largest digital asset treasury companies in DWF Ventures’ sample trade above the value of their crypto holdings, according to its Sept. 24 report. The finding points to a constraint on their growth model: selling shares to buy more tokens becomes harder to justify when the...
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New York sues Polymarket over alleged illegal gambling business
The action filed by state lawmakers followed a similar lawsuit against prediction markets company Kalshi in July that alleged the platform was running an illegal gambling operation.
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IBM opens beta Swift ledger link for 24/7 tokenized deposits
IBM’s beta link lets banks instruct tokenized deposit transfers on Swift’s ledger using existing payment messages and compliance processes.
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Former CFTC Commissioner Giancarlo: Why Rate Hikes Could Benefit Bitcoin
Bitcoin Magazine Former CFTC Commissioner Giancarlo: Why Rate Hikes Could Benefit Bitcoin Government spending and currency debasement are making Bitcoin's case stronger than ever. Chris Giancarlo explains why Bitcoin's programmed scarcity makes it the digital form of gold and why governments might...
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Solana Foundation hires Binance, Polygon veterans as it ramps up tokenized finance push
Rachel Conlan and Jamal Raees join as Solana aims to court institutions moving payments and assets onchain.
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EU's financial regulator to make AI and tokenization a supervisory priority in 2027
European regulators will map how financial firms use the technologies in client-facing products and begin checks on the most affected businesses.
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Thousands of Curaçao crypto casinos see data leaked following hack
A team of journalists has leaked the data of thousands of Curaçao-registered casino operators after the island nation's gambling regulator revealed it was hacked last week. The database of over 40,000 documents includes financial plans, audits, business structures, and funding sources, from over...
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Morning Minute: Selig Says ‘It’s Go Time’ for CFTC Crypto Rules
The CFTC has been extremely busy ever since the Clarity Act failed its vote, and it appears they’re ready to accelerate.
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Bitcoin slides to $83,300 as bond yields hit highest level since 2007
The 10-year Treasury yield reached its highest since 2007, sending U.S. stocks and crypto lower before Asian and European traders bought the dip.
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EU banking watchdog calls for crypto lending rules under MiCA
The EBA outlined potential rules for crypto lending and firms providing access to DeFi protocols as part of the European Commission’s MiCA review.
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Bitcoin falls below $84K as 10-year Treasury yield hits 19-year high
Bitcoin traded near $83,200 as Fed hike odds reached about 75% and Treasury prepared a $6 billion buyback of long-dated bonds.
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Traders price in 4 Fed rate hikes by June 2027 as bitcoin slides below $83,000
The four-hike path is the most likely outcome, while rising bond yields and a stronger dollar weigh on bitcoin and gold.
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Bitcoin ETFs add $347M as BTC falls below $84K after topping $87K
US spot Bitcoin ETF inflows slowed to $347 million on Wednesday as Bitcoin fell below $84,000, while five-day inflows reached $2.65 billion.
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Brooklyn man gets up to 12 years over $16 million Coinbase social engineering scheme
A court sentenced 23-year-old Ronald Spektor to four to 12 years in prison for a $15.9 million Coinbase phishing scheme.
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Dogecoin down 8%, bitcoin under $84,000 as Treasury yields hit highest level since 2007
A rebound in oil, the strongest U.S. business survey in five years and a poorly received five-year note sale pushed borrowing costs higher, with DOGE leading token losses.
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Kalshi says CFTC hasn’t contacted it over ‘unusual’ $5B trading activity
Kalshi said nearly $5 billion in similarly sized Ether perpetual trades reflected its liquidity incentive programs and rejected allegations that the activity was wash trading.
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Ex-SEC acting chair: Agency dropped crypto cases to avoid issues with credibility
SEC Commissioner Mark Uyeda said that the agency dropped many cases against crypto companies in early 2025 to avoid potential credibility problems in court.
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China Probes DeepSeek and Moonshot Over Alleged Data Leaks to Anthropic's Claude
China's internet regulator is investigating DeepSeek and Moonshot AI after Anthropic accused both of secretly routing millions of user exchanges through Claude to train their own models.
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Bitcoin Falls Through the $86,000 ETF Cost Basis as the Whole Market Turns Lower
Bitcoin fell through $85,000 on Wednesday and ended the U.S. session 1.9% below the level Bitfinex analysts had published that day as the average cost of every share bought through the U.S. spot exchange-traded funds. The two sessions of ETF creations that carried the market into Wednesday are...
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Bitcoin Price Slips While US Treasury Yields Soar, Oil Prices Climb
Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Price Slips While US Treasury Yields Soar, Oil Prices Climb Bitcoin’s price slid on Wednesday, just as U.S. Treasuries surged, with the 10-year yield climbing above 5% and reaching — its highest level since 2007. The price of the leading cryptocurrency was down 2% over a...
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US lawmakers from gaming states urge SCOTUS to take up Kalshi case
The case between New Jersey authorities and a prediction market company, if accepted by the Supreme Court, could result in clarity for state and federal officials over sports bets.
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CFTC Chair Selig Says Regulator Is Preparing for ‘24-7, On-Chain’ Markets
Bitcoin Magazine CFTC Chair Selig Says Regulator Is Preparing for ‘24-7, On-Chain’ Markets Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Mike Selig has said that the regulator was preparing for the transition of markets moving “24-7, on-chain.” Speaking to CNBC on Wednesday, the regulator said that it...
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Trump reveals up to $100K Strategy stock purchase in ethics filing
President Donald Trump disclosed a July purchase of Strategy shares as his administration continues to advance crypto policy through federal regulators and Congress.
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Kalshi says it is not being investigated by the CFTC over trading activity
The prediction market says unusual patterns in its ether perpetual market are the result of liquidity incentives.
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‘Not behind closed doors’: Senate Banking Democrats call for prediction markets hearing as GOP meets privately with Kalshi
Every Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee is urging its chair, Sen. Tim Scott, to hold a congressional hearing on prediction markets.
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‘BTC still has room to catch up’: Bitcoin’s $80,000 breakout draws institutional demand as analysts weigh durability
K33, Nexo and 21shares weigh in on bitcoin's breakout as ETF inflows hit their highest since Nov. 2024. Key levels: $87K–88K resistance.