Politics, Legal & Regulation

October 28, 2026 @ 4:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) escalated its defense of federal oversight of prediction markets on October 27, 2026, by filing a lawsuit against the State of Utah and Attorney General Derek Brown. The action was brought in the U.S. District Court for the District… Read More

October 28, 2026 @ 2:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a ten-to-two vote, the US Federal Reserve held benchmark rates steady just as insiders anticipated. Committee members Lisa D. Cook and Beth M. Hammack voted against the decision, preferring to raise rates by 25 basis points. Markets were steady as the policy decision was… Read More

October 28, 2026 @ 1:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A proposed class-action lawsuit has been initiated in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice against Toronto-based Bitcoin hardware and security company Coinkite Inc., along with its co-founders Rodolfo Novak and Peter D. Gray. The proceeding, issued electronically on September 11, 2026, under court file number… Read More

October 28, 2026 @ 1:00 pm By Press Release  |  

WASHINGTON — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced it will host an industry roundtable Dec. 15 to discuss issues related to the viability of derivatives markets moving to 24/7 trading. The dialogue will build upon the CFTC’s Request for Comment earlier this summer on 24/7 trading.The CFTC’s roundtable will

October 28, 2026 @ 8:53 am By JD Alois  |  

The US Federal Reserve is meeting this week to set benchmark rates, and the consensus is that the Fed will hold rates for now, with the possibility of a rate hike before year-end. The decision comes at a key political moment, with midterm elections next week…. Read More

October 28, 2026 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) and Mastercard (NYSE: MA), the two dominant global payment networks, found themselves targeted by a pair of proposed collective proceedings in the United Kingdom’s Competition Appeal Tribunal. The actions, initiated by Commercial and Interregional Card Claims I Limited and Commercial and Interregional… Read More

October 28, 2026 @ 12:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A 44-year-old Chinese national, Zheng Zhao, appeared in federal court in the Central District of California on October 23, 2026, following his extradition from the Netherlands. Prosecutors allege he participated in a transnational cryptocurrency investment fraud operation run out of scam centers in Cambodia that… Read More

October 27, 2026 @ 11:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Spanish authorities have detailed substantial bitcoin activity involving wallets connected to the collapsed Arbistar cryptocurrency platform, with transfers continuing well after the firm halted operations and froze investor accounts in September 2020. Findings from a Guardia Civil investigative report, incorporated into proceedings at Spain’s Audiencia… Read More

October 27, 2026 @ 9:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Canadian government published proposed Stablecoin Regulations in the Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 160, Number 43, launching a 60-day public consultation that runs until 11:59 p.m. EST on December 23, 2026. The draft rules, sponsored by the Department of Finance, would implement the Stablecoin… Read More

October 27, 2026 @ 9:06 pm By Press Release  |  

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October 27, 2026 @ 5:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

A petition was submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last July requesting that the funding cap under Reg CF be increased from the current $5 million to $20 million. Reg CF, or Regulation Crowdfunding, is the smallest securities exemption for online capital formation…. Read More

October 27, 2026 @ 3:22 pm By Press Release  |  

WASHINGTON — Last week, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Risk Management Center at Kansas State University co-hosted the 2026 Agricultural Commodity Futures Conference (AgCon) in Overland Park, Kansas. The two-day conference brought together industry leaders, policymakers, and market participants to examine critical issues facing the agricultural economy, developments in

October 27, 2026 @ 2:00 pm By Press Release  |  

This post was originally published on OCC.gov WASHINGTON—Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan V. Gould today discussed the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) work to help community banks thrive and remain dynamic as the financial industry evolves in remarks before the Ohio Bankers… Read More

October 27, 2026 @ 1:47 pm By Press Release  |  

CFTC Announces Semiweekly Publication of the COT Report | CFTC /PressRoom/PressReleases/9316-26 Skip to main content October 27, 2026 WASHINGTON — CFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig announced the CFTC’s plan to increase the publication frequency of the Commitments of Traders Report (COT Report) from once to twice a week by the

October 27, 2026 @ 12:11 pm By Press Release  |  

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October 27, 2026 @ 11:01 am By FCA  |  

This post was originally published on fca.org.uk  Bullseye Financial is still authorised and supervised by us. The firm must still comply with our rules. We do not, however, authorise or supervise the joint administrators, who are responsible to their own regulators. They are officers of… Read More

October 27, 2026 @ 8:58 am By Press Release  |  

CFTC Sues to Block State Enforcement in Utah Amid Ongoing Efforts to Preserve Jurisdiction | CFTC /PressRoom/PressReleases/9315-26 Skip to main content October 27, 2026 WASHINGTON — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced today it has filed a lawsuit against Utah to block the state’s efforts to shut down CFTC-registered contract

October 27, 2026 @ 5:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

An Argentine federal judge on Friday afternoon terminated the criminal probe into President Javier Milei, his sister Karina Milei, and nine additional individuals connected to the February 2025 launch and rapid collapse of the $LIBRA meme coin. Federal Judge Marcelo Martínez de Giorgi of National… Read More

October 27, 2026 @ 4:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ: HOOD) has secured regulatory clearance from the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) to introduce its retail brokerage platform across the Middle East, establishing operations inside the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). The approval covers both trading and custody services spanning all ten… Read More

October 26, 2026 @ 11:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A Rochester man has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison for his role in a multi-layered fraud operation that converted unauthorized credit-card charges into Bitcoin and routed the digital currency to associates. Timothy Wadsworth, 35, received a 51-month term after convictions… Read More