Regulations

The U.S. Senate has put the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act on course for a 60-vote procedural test on Sept. 15.The bill is intended to create a broader federal framework for digital asset markets.Under the official floor schedule, cloture…

US regulators have already found a home for true Bitcoin perpetuals inside the CFTC’s exchange framework. The SEC is now turning to another part of the same market: how a team can pay to build a network before its token has much use.A…

By July 18, 2028, a stablecoin could still move freely across blockchains and yet disappear from the buy menu on an American exchange. Under the Treasury Department’s proposed GENIUS Act rules, a digital asset service provider wouldn't be…

President Donald Trump said Aug. 19 that CFTC Chair Michael Selig is working to bring Hyperliquid to the US in a fully compliant, legal way.Hyperliquid's official interface currently keeps US persons off the platform, part of the regulatory…

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan doesn't think Washington's crypto-friendly turn is the moment that completely unlocks Wall Street.In an interview with CryptoSlate, he described the real barrier as something far less dramatic than a single landmark…

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) faces an Aug. 20 deadline to submit a plan for distributing a $123.1 million fund paid by Jump Crypto subsidiary Tai Mo Shan to investors harmed by Terra's 2022 collapse.The proposal is…

Edward Zimbardi has been returned to the US after being deported from Fiji, putting the alleged mastermind of a $165 million crypto investment scheme back within reach of federal prosecutors.A federal grand jury in Georgia indicted Zimbardi…

President Donald Trump said on Aug. 20 that the US is considering accumulating sizable amounts of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Current law gives his administration several ways to increase federal crypto holdings, though no public…

The SEC's new crypto fundraising proposal deliberately treats tokens as free to trade as soon as a buyer acquires them, unless the issuer or another law says otherwise.Insiders typically know more than the public while a token project is…

An anonymous trader on Polymarket holds a No position on the CLARITY Act worth about $414,895, roughly 2.6 times larger than the $160,200 in liquidity currently available on the market where it sits.CryptoSlate's live market data puts…