https://brief-tech-news.com/tags/cftc/Recent content in CFTC on BriefTechNews.comHugoenCopyright &copy;2021 <br> Designed &amp; Developed by [Gethugothemes](https://gethugothemes.com/)Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:20:37 +0000https://brief-tech-news.com/blogs/2026-09-30-crypto/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:20:37 +0000https://brief-tech-news.com/blogs/2026-09-30-crypto/The SEC ruled that decentralized token buybacks don&rsquo;t trigger Howey classification, a direct response to a16z&rsquo;s Miles Jennings and a green light for on-chain buyback programs. Coinbase became the second crypto exchange to win CFTC derivatives clearing approval, completing its regulated stack. Chainlink&rsquo;s CCIP 2.0 with Ethlabs&rsquo; FCR cut cross-chain confirmations from 13 minutes to 12-24 seconds. Proof launched a testnet for event-contingent derivatives, and a new paper proposes Zcash-style private transfers on Bitcoin L1 via OP_RETURN.https://brief-tech-news.com/blogs/2026-09-24-crypto/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:18:12 +0000https://brief-tech-news.com/blogs/2026-09-24-crypto/Canada&rsquo;s six largest banks are jointly exploring a Canadian-dollar tokenized deposit system, following a regulatory ruling that treats tokenized deposits as legally identical to traditional ones. The CFTC is warning that prediction markets on whether someone will &ldquo;mention&rdquo; a word carry manipulation risk. Circle&rsquo;s Bitcoin-backed USDC lending market grew 10x in five days, to $14.3 million. Tether has abandoned MiCA compliance in Europe over a 60% bank-reserve rule, and CME is adding Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures.https://brief-tech-news.com/blogs/2026-09-04-crypto/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:11:52 +0000https://brief-tech-news.com/blogs/2026-09-04-crypto/New Jersey asked the Supreme Court to overturn a Third Circuit win for Kalshi in a 332-page gambling-jurisdiction fight. Bitcoin&rsquo;s 90-day correlation with gold hit a six-year high as BTC jumped 22.4% in a week, then pulled back to $77,600. Hey Anon shipped Build 3.0, a full DeFAI rebuild with modular protocol permissions, while Base opened a builder call for tokenized stocks. Wintermute framed RWAs as crypto&rsquo;s next liquidity channel with peak inflows still 2-3 years out, and a separate piece argued stablecoins alone won&rsquo;t fix 6.36% remittance fees.https://brief-tech-news.com/blogs/2026-08-24-fintech/Mon, 24 Aug 2026 13:12:30 +0000https://brief-tech-news.com/blogs/2026-08-24-fintech/Washington escalated its crypto push in a single week: Trump hosted Coinbase, a16z, Ripple, and Kraken at the White House to lobby for the CLARITY Act, the CFTC said it will build its own regime if Congress stalls, and the SEC proposed a fundraising framework with a $75 million annual exemption. JPMorgan cut ties with Polymarket in October 2025 over regulatory concerns, a Lloyd&rsquo;s-backed startup began selling up to $10 million in AI-hallucination liability coverage, and Airwallex raised $320 million at an $11 billion valuation to pivot into &ldquo;autonomous finance.&rdquo; Citadel unwound more than 80% of the risk it absorbed from Leopold Aschenbrenner&rsquo;s Situational Awareness fund via $4 billion in block trades, and Ripple priced a $275 million investment-grade bond to fund US prime brokerage.https://brief-tech-news.com/blogs/2026-08-24-crypto/Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:13:42 +0000https://brief-tech-news.com/blogs/2026-08-24-crypto/Bitcoin surged $14,264 in a single week to close at $77,387 — its largest-ever weekly dollar gain — while spot ETFs absorbed $1.92 billion in net inflows and the bitcoin-to-gold ratio hit its highest since May. The move came as the CFTC declared it will invoke existing statutory authority to regulate crypto regardless of whether the CLARITY Act passes, setting up a September 16 rulemaking showdown. Solana shipped a mainnet upgrade cutting slot time to 350ms, Ethereum researchers published a new timing attack on PoS attestation, and BounceBit is shutting down its L1 after losing $286.5M BB to a protocol-level exploit.