Morning Minute: Washington Just Gave Crypto the Green Light No raw content was provided beyond the headline, so there are no verifiable details to report about what happened in Washington, which agency or lawmakers were involved, what action was taken, or how it affects crypto policy. If you share the underlying description or source text…
Bitcoin Flat at $88K Despite Dollar’s 12-Month Slump, Gold’s New High Bitcoin held steady around $88,000 even as the U.S. dollar weakened over the past 12 months and gold reached a new high. The move highlighted a notable contrast in how major assets have been behaving. While gold advanced to fresh records and the dollar…
Solana ETFs Hit a Weekly High as Altcoin Deposits Surge The information provided includes only a headline and does not contain any supporting details about the reported weekly high in Solana ETF activity or the surge in altcoin deposits. Without additional source material—such as the timeframe, the specific ETFs involved, the venue where deposits were…
SEC Crushes Bilzerian’s Crypto Dreams in Decade-Old Injunction Clash The SEC just slammed the door on Paul Bilzerian’s latest bid to dive back into crypto ventures, upholding a 2001 injunction that bars the convicted stock fraudster from future securities schemes. This D.C. district court ruling reinforces the agency’s iron grip on repeat offenders, signaling to…
NY Slip Op 2024-XXXX Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Nancy M. Bannon, J.), entered January 6, 2016, which granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, unanimously affirmed, without costs. Defendants established entitlement to judgment as a matter of law, in this action for personal injuries arising out of plaintiff’s fall on an…
Onchain Perp DEX Trading Accelerates With Nearly $1T in 30-Day Volume Trading activity on onchain perpetual futures decentralized exchanges has accelerated, with nearly $1 trillion in volume over the past 30 days, according to the figures provided. The milestone highlights how derivatives activity—traditionally concentrated on centralized venues—is increasingly being executed through decentralized platforms that run…
Texas Court Slaps Down SEC in Crypto Mandamus Fight Envy Blockchain and its execs just scored a rare win against the SEC’s crypto crackdown, as a Texas appeals court denied the agency’s bid to force evidence handover in a mandamus showdown. This procedural smackdown signals judges are tiring of the SEC’s aggressive tactics on digital…
CFTC Fails to Block Kalshi’s Election Betting Revolution The D.C. Circuit Court just slammed the brakes on the CFTC’s attempt to halt KalshiEX’s election contract betting, denying their emergency stay in a swift October 2 ruling. This keeps Kalshi’s “yes/no” bets on whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump wins the presidency live on the platform,…
SEC Crushed: Kraft Foods Wins Mandamus, CFTC Authority Boosted In a stunning Seventh Circuit smackdown, the CFTC seized documents from Kraft Foods and Mondelēz without a warrant, prompting the agencies to duke it out over search powers. The court granted the CFTC’s mandamus petition, overturning a lower ruling and affirming regulators can raid private files…
SEC Slaps Down Coinbase Appeal in Key Crypto Case New York’s Appellate Division, 1st Department, just denied Coinbase’s appeal in case 140 AD3d 451, a stinging loss that keeps the crypto giant tangled in state-level regulatory heat. This isn’t some footnote—it’s a roadblock for exchanges fighting off aggressive enforcement, signaling courts won’t easily unwind probes…
SEC Overreach Smacked Down: CFTC Wins Crypto Turf War The Seventh Circuit just handed the CFTC a major victory over the SEC in a long-simmering fight over digital asset oversight, ruling that the agency has exclusive jurisdiction over certain crypto perpetual contracts. This stems from a trust’s challenge to a CFTC fine for trading unregulated…
Rising Above The Ashes: XRP ETFs Set New Record Despite Market Crash The provided materials include a headline but no supporting details about the alleged record set by XRP exchange-traded funds (ETFs) or the market conditions described as a crash. Without the underlying figures, timing, jurisdiction, or source data, it is not possible to accurately…
SEC Slaps Down: Coinbase Ruling Boosts Crypto Exchange Defenses The Fifth Circuit just gutted part of the SEC’s crypto crackdown, vacating its order against Coinbase for alleged unregistered securities trading and broker activity. In a sharp rebuke filed April 17, 2025, the court ruled the SEC overreached without clear rulemaking, handing exchanges a blueprint to…
SEC Slaps Down Crypto “Commodity” Dodge in Regal v Tauber Blowout New York appeals court shreds Regal Commodities’ bid to relabel crypto trades as regulated “commodities,” upholding a $1.2 million arbitration win for plaintiff Aaron Tauber. The ruling slams the door on firms dodging state oversight by claiming federal commodity status for digital assets, signaling…
SEC Crushed: Fifth Circuit Tosses Coinbase SEC Suit Over False Claims In a stinging rebuke to the SEC, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on November 26, 2024, dismissed key parts of the agency’s lawsuit against Coinbase, ruling the regulator failed to properly notify the crypto exchange of alleged violations before suing. This procedural smackdown…
SEC Panel Greenlights Crypto Case Centralization in Chicago A federal judicial panel chaired by Judge Sarah S. Vance has approved consolidating three crypto-related lawsuits into the Northern District of Illinois, pulling in cases from California and Pennsylvania under plaintiff Anthony Motto’s push in the Greene action. This move streamlines battles likely targeting exchanges or token…
CFTC Fights SEC in Kraft Foods Futures Clash The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals just handed the CFTC a potential win by taking up its mandamus petition against Kraft Foods and Mondelēz, challenging a lower court’s block on CFTC probes into their commodity derivatives trading. This rare procedural move could redefine turf wars between the…
U.S. government seizes $400 million Helix allegedly made from drug-linked transactions The U.S. government has seized $400 million tied to Helix, alleging the funds were generated through transactions linked to drug activity. No additional details were provided in the available information about when the seizure occurred, which agency led the action, what assets were taken,…
CFTC Wins Big: Monex Deposit Ruled Commodity Pool Operator The Ninth Circuit just handed the CFTC a major victory, affirming that Monex Deposit Company illegally operated as an unregistered commodity pool operator by selling leveraged precious metals contracts to retail investors. This ruling bolsters the agency’s grip on digital assets mimicking traditional commodities, signaling regulators…
CFTC Crushes Crypto Fraudster in Landmark Appeals Win The Ninth Circuit just slammed the door on James Devlin Crombie’s bid to dodge a $4.8 million penalty for crypto Ponzi scheming, upholding a lower court’s ruling that his Bitcoin investment scams fell squarely under CFTC jurisdiction. This isn’t just a win for regulators—it’s a flare gun…
