CFTC Loses Bid to Silence Crypto Whistleblower Trevor Kitchen’s fight with the CFTC just cracked the door on how regulators handle crypto inside information, and the D.C. Circuit just shoved it wider. The appeals court reversed the Commission’s order that had barred Kitchen from publishing research he gathered while working at a trading firm, ruling…
CFTC Wins Big: Appeals Court Keeps Crypto Trader on Hook The Ninth Circuit just handed the CFTC a decisive win, ruling that James Devlin Crombie can’t dodge liability for his alleged Bitcoin Ponzi scheme. The court refused to unwind a $3.2 million default judgment against Crombie, keeping pressure on anyone using crypto to run unregistered…
Court Slams IRS Seizure of 24 Crypto Wallets The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia just handed the government a sharp rebuke in its attempt to keep twenty-four cryptocurrency accounts it had seized during an IRS investigation. In a ruling that narrows the government’s power to treat digital assets like cash in a…
SEC Takes Direct Hit as Binance Case Survives Early Dismissal The Securities and Exchange Commission’s lawsuit against Binance survived a motion to dismiss, handing the agency a narrow but significant win. The ruling means the core allegations—unregistered securities offerings and illegal exchange operations—will advance to discovery, keeping the world’s largest crypto exchange on the hook…
Court Slams Delaware Door on Crypto Startup’s $50M Lawsuit Delaware’s top business court just threw out a crypto company’s $50 million lawsuit against a former partner, ruling that Delaware law does not allow the plaintiffs to sue their own company for breach of contract. The decision matters because it signals that Delaware’s courts will not…
Ditching “digital gold”: BPI study suggests everyday Americans prefer control and micro-investing The Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI) has released a study indicating that many everyday Americans are less interested in Bitcoin’s popular “digital gold” framing and more drawn to practical benefits such as personal control and the ability to invest small amounts over time. Rather…
Grayscale Wins Big — Court Slams SEC Over Bitcoin ETF Rejection The D.C. Circuit just handed Grayscale Investments a stunning victory over the SEC, tossing the agency’s 2022 denial of a spot Bitcoin ETF and sending the decision back for a fresh look. The ruling marks the first time a court has told the SEC…
CFTC Wins Big on Crypto Derivatives in Seventh Circuit The Seventh Circuit just handed the CFTC a sweeping victory that could reshape how crypto derivatives are policed across the country. In a 3-0 decision, the court ruled that James Donelson’s unregistered crypto trading platform operated as a futures commission merchant, subjecting him to federal oversight…
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…
Live updates: Bitcoin trades near $78,000; Strategy buys BTC for first time since late June Bitcoin was trading near $78,000, according to the latest market update, as attention returned to corporate activity in the asset. Strategy made a new Bitcoin purchase, its first since late June. The move marks a resumption of buying after a…
Bitcoin barely blinks as U.S. hits Iran, sending oil higher and stocks lower The U.S. carried out strikes on Iran, triggering a familiar risk-off reaction across traditional markets: oil prices rose while stocks moved lower. Bitcoin, however, showed little immediate reaction, holding relatively steady as the geopolitical shock rippled through commodities and equities. The market…
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Kraken users briefly locked out after a flood of sanctioned crypto transactions Kraken users were briefly unable to access their accounts after the exchange was hit by a surge of crypto transactions linked to sanctioned entities, according to the information provided. The incident centered on compliance controls designed to prevent sanctioned funds from moving through…
Court Hands Kalshi Big Win Over CFTC, Opens Door to Election Gambling Kalshi just scored a federal appeals court victory that could reshape how Washington treats election contracts and crypto derivatives. The D.C. Circuit refused to block a lower-court order letting the prediction-market platform list contracts tied to U.S. elections, dealing the CFTC a fast…
Court Slams Brakes on Envy Blockchain’s Texas Escape In a terse mandamus order, Texas’s Eighth Court of Appeals just told Envy Blockchain and its co-relators they cannot dodge a pending state-court lawsuit by rerouting it into federal bankruptcy court. The three-page opinion refuses to halt the underlying litigation, keeping the company and its founder, Stephen…
Bitcoin Traders Watch Jackson Hole As Kevin Warsh Prepares First Fed Keynote Bitcoin market participants are focusing on the upcoming Jackson Hole economic symposium, where Kevin Warsh is set to deliver his first keynote speech tied to the Federal Reserve. The event matters for crypto because Jackson Hole has become a closely watched venue for…
Court Slams CFTC’s Attempt to Bury Kraft Discovery The Seventh Circuit just handed the Commodity Futures Trading Commission a stinging defeat in its long-running case against Kraft Foods, ruling that internal agency documents must be turned over to the defendants. At stake is whether the CFTC can shield its own work product while simultaneously demanding…
JUDGE STOPS BILZERIAN’S 23-YEAR WAR ON THE SEC A federal judge in Washington just shut down the latest chapter of a decades-old feud between convicted stock manipulator Paul Bilzerian and the Securities and Exchange Commission. The ruling keeps in place a 2001 injunction that bars Bilzerian and his family from filing any new lawsuits against…
COURT SHREDS SEC’S “INVESTMENT CONTRACT” TEST IN MAJOR RULING The Supreme Court just gutted the SEC’s favorite legal weapon for labeling tokens as securities. In a 6–3 decision released this morning, the justices ruled that the agency cannot stretch the 1946 Howey test to cover every digital asset that merely promises future value. The ruling…
**CFTC Loses Major Power Grab Over Commodity Pool Advisers** The Seventh Circuit just stripped the CFTC of its ability to punish a family trust for failing to register as a commodity pool operator, delivering a clear message: regulators cannot stretch definitions to catch private investment vehicles. The ruling matters because it reins in the CFTC’s…
