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Regulation
Adani SEC deal and DOJ retreat narrow legal overhang
An $18 million SEC settlement and a reported DOJ pullback cut one of the Adani group's biggest U.S. risk discounts, even before any court sign-off.
Warren spotlights $75m crypto loan structure as SEC debate widens
Elizabeth Warren's scrutiny of a $75 million loan backed by WLFI tokens shows how crypto regulation may shift toward collateral quality, disclosure and conflicts.
North Carolina stablecoin bill pushes crypto rulemaking beyond Washington
North Carolina's stablecoin bill is moving through the House with reserve, disclosure and licensing rules that point to a more fragmented US crypto regime.
Russia moves to widen legal crypto trades under state oversight
A first-reading vote in Russia's State Duma points to broader legal crypto trading, but through licensed channels and with tighter central-bank control.
SEC enforcement chief signals fraud focus, room for honest mistakes
David Woodcock's first SEC speech paired a fraud-first agenda with a stated willingness to distinguish investor-harming deception from honest mistakes.
Trump trust Coinbase buys sharpen crypto conflict questions in Washington
Ethics filings showed Donald Trump's family trust bought Coinbase, Strategy and other crypto-linked stocks in Q1, sharpening conflict questions around a friendlier policy tone in Washington.
House panel presses Trump to fill CFTC as crypto agenda grows
House Agriculture leaders pressed Donald Trump to fill four empty CFTC seats as the agency's role in crypto market structure and prediction markets widens.
Senate panel advances CLARITY Act in bipartisan crypto vote
The Senate Banking Committee voted 15-9 to advance the CLARITY Act, sending a long-debated crypto market-structure bill to the floor and sharpening the fight over how the SEC and CFTC would divide oversight.
Fidelity data breach settlement opens $2.5M claims window
Fidelity Investments agreed to a $2.5 million class-action settlement and a separate $1.25 million regulatory fine over a 2024 data breach affecting roughly 77,000 customers. Claims close July 27.
FTC probe of Arm (ARM) licensing model clouds valuation case
A reported US antitrust probe into Arm's chip-licensing practices adds regulatory risk to a business investors have priced as core semiconductor infrastructure.
CME, ICE press Washington to tighten oversight of Hyperliquid
CME Group and ICE are pressing U.S. regulators to scrutinize Hyperliquid after a surge in oil-linked trading sharpened concerns over manipulation and sanctions risk.
Newsom targets SaaS with proposed 7.25% California software tax
Newsom's plan to tax cloud software sales at 7.25 per cent would widen California's sales tax base and add pricing risk for SaaS vendors.
California SaaS tax proposal adds new risk for cloud-software stocks
Newsom's bid to tax digital software at 7.25 per cent would reach beyond Sacramento's budget math. For software and AI investors, the question is how much vendors can pass through and how much valuation premium gets shaved by policy risk.
Suspicious prediction-market trades draw CFTC scrutiny as volumes swell
Suspicious trading on Kalshi and Polymarket is becoming a core market-structure problem as volumes rise and the CFTC signals tougher oversight.
CFTC Issues Blanket No-Action Letter on Prediction Market Data Reporting
The CFTC issued Letter No. 26-14 on Tuesday, granting 19 prediction market platforms — including Polymarket US and Kalshi — relief from swap data reporting obligations, as the agency presses its jurisdictional claim against five state-level gambling regulators.
SEC, CFTC align on six enforcement fronts
SEC and CFTC launched coordination across six regulatory fronts to eliminate duplicative enforcement, CFTC Chair Michael Selig said.
Senate Panel Gears Up for Clarity Act Markup as Amendment Count Tops 100
The Senate Banking Committee will begin marking up the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act on Thursday with more than 100 amendments filed to the 309-page bill, testing whether the bipartisan coalition that carried crypto legislation through the House can survive the Senate.
Prosecutors charge 30 in BigLaw M&A insider trading ring
Federal prosecutors have charged 30 defendants in a decadelong insider trading scheme that saw M&A lawyers at six major US law firms steal confidential deal data and funnel it to traders.
HarrisX poll: 52% back CLARITY Act ahead of May 14 Senate markup
A HarrisX survey of 2,008 registered voters shows 52 per cent support the CLARITY Act, with 70 per cent saying the US should already have passed crypto legislation. The poll lands days before a Senate Banking Committee markup that could determine the bill's fate.
DOJ charges 30 in global insider trading ring spanning three continents
US prosecutors unsealed criminal charges against 30 individuals in a decade-long insider trading scheme that allegedly generated tens of millions of dollars in illicit profits by front-running approximately 30 merger and acquisition deals. Two attorneys are accused of exploiting law firm access to steal confidential deal documents.
Estonia regulator warns Zondacrypto over missing MiCA white paper
Estonia's Financial Supervision and Resolution Authority issued an investor warning against Zondacrypto operator BB Trade Estonia OÜ for failing to publish a required MiCA white paper for the TeamPL token. The action comes as the exchange faces a missing cold wallet containing 4,500 bitcoin and a Polish investigation into withdrawal difficulties.
US judge declines to rubber-stamp Musk's $1.5M SEC settlement over Twitter stake
A US federal judge has declined to immediately approve the SEC's $1.5 million settlement with Elon Musk over his late Twitter stake disclosure, demanding briefs on whether the deal is fair to investors who allegedly lost about $150 million. A 13 May hearing has been set.
Senate Banking schedules May 14 CLARITY Act crypto markup
The Senate Banking Committee will mark up the CLARITY Act on 14 May, the first committee vote on crypto market-structure legislation in 10 months, though an ethics dispute over Trump family crypto holdings threatens the bipartisan coalition.
CME targets 1 June launch for bitcoin volatility futures, pending CFTC review
CME Group will list cash-settled bitcoin volatility futures from 1 June, pending Commodity Futures Trading Commission clearance, becoming the first US exchange to offer regulated contracts that trade implied volatility independent of bitcoin's spot price. CME (CME) shares slipped 1.2 per cent on the announcement.
Lagarde rejects euro stablecoins, warns $300bn market threatens ECB policy transmission
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde rejected calls for the euro area to promote euro-denominated stablecoins, warning that the $300 billion market risks financial stability and would narrow the channel through which ECB rate decisions reach the real economy.
