Bitcoin Slips to $77,800 as Senate Vote and Fed Decision Loom
Bitcoin retreated to $77,800 as uncertainty over the Clarity Act, rising oil prices and an expected Federal Reserve rate increase pressured crypto.
Bitcoin retreated to $77,800 as uncertainty over the Clarity Act, rising oil prices and an expected Federal Reserve rate increase pressured crypto.
Coinbase seeks SEC and CFTC approval to offer regulated 24/7 equity perpetual futures tied to major stocks for U.S. investors.
Hyperliquid and Kraken parent Payward are reportedly seeking CFTC approval to offer regulated crypto perpetual futures to U.S. traders through Bitnomial.
Connecticut has sued Kalshi to block its sports event contracts, escalating a dispute over whether prediction markets fall under federal or state oversight.
The US Treasury expands sanctions targeting Iran’s crypto activity, adding digital asset addresses and warning foreign businesses of secondary penalties.
President Trump was joined by industry CEOs to urge the Senate to pass the CLARITY Act, day three in a coordinated four-day run pushing crypto in the US.
Cantor Fitzgerald will give about 3,000 institutional clients access to Kalshi block trades as prediction markets expand into risk management.
Trump says the CFTC is working to bring Hyperliquid into the US legally as HYPE and related investment products record sharp gains.
Kalshi has filed with the CFTC to launch perpetual futures tracking a US large-cap equity index and copper as it expands its derivatives business.
The CFTC has ordered Kalshi to continue operating in New York as the state challenges its sports prediction contracts under gambling laws.
The CFTC charged Christopher Delgado and Goliath Ventures over an alleged crypto Ponzi scheme that misappropriated $48 million from customers.
CME Group is challenging the SEC's approval of Nasdaq's Bitcoin index options, arguing the contracts fall under the CFTC's exclusive jurisdiction in a case that could reshape U.S. crypto derivatives regulation.