Three Defendants in Beasley NBA Betting Case Set to Plead Guilty

DNA From a 42,000-Year-Old “Last Neanderthal” Points to 50,000 Years of Isolation DNA recovered from a 42,000-year-old Neanderthal suggests that the individual’s population had remained isolated for roughly 50,000 years. The finding offers a rare glimpse into the genetic history of Neanderthals and the extent to which some of their communities remained separated over long…

CFTC WINS RIGHT TO RAID KRAFT’S PRIVATE RECORDS The Seventh Circuit just handed the CFTC a blunt instrument: broad, real-time access to internal corporate documents without first proving a violation. Kraft and Mondelēz tried to slam the door on an agency fishing expedition, but the judges ruled the regulator can keep its subpoenas wide and…

Coinbase v SEC: Third Circuit Deals Fresh Blow to Crypto Exchange The Third Circuit just handed the SEC another weapon in its war on crypto exchanges. Coinbase’s bid to escape agency oversight collapsed when the court upheld the Commission’s refusal to write new crypto rules, leaving the exchange exposed to enforcement without the regulatory clarity…

COINBASE WINS—COURT ORDERS SEC TO REOPEN RULEMAKING DOORS Coinbase just forced the SEC to confront its own silence. The Third Circuit ruled that the agency must formally respond to the exchange’s 2022 petition demanding clearer crypto rules, rejecting the SEC’s argument that it could simply ignore the request. Markets read the order as a direct…

COURT DELIVERS NOVEMBER SURPRISE ON CRYPTO JURISDICTION The Fifth Circuit just handed crypto a double-edged ruling that could reshape how federal regulators chase digital assets. In a November 26 decision, the appeals court narrowed the SEC’s enforcement reach in one case but left plenty of room for future actions against exchanges and token issuers. Markets…

Court Says SEC Can’t Dodge Crypto Questions The Fifth Circuit just handed the SEC its most explicit loss yet on crypto jurisdiction, ruling that the agency can’t hide behind “no final order” arguments when it refuses to clarify whether a digital asset is a security. The decision opens a narrow but real door for exchanges…