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Regulation · Derivatives · 26 JUN 2026

SEC and CFTC Open Comment on Derivatives Definitions

The SEC and CFTC are jointly consulting on revisions to derivatives product definitions to reduce classification ambiguity across the two regimes…

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Regulation · 12 JUN 2026

How the GENIUS Act made USDC wall street's stablecoin

Circle's USDC was built to be regulation-ready before the GENIUS Act required it, and US institutions have quietly adopted it as default on-chain…

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Regulation · 12 JUN 2026

CFTC treats crypto perpetuals as foreign futures, eases FCM transfers

CFTC staff confirmed that certain crypto-asset perpetual contracts are categorised as foreign futures, and issued a no-action letter covering futures…

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