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Crypto Protocols Must Reaudit Old Smart Contracts, Experts Warn

Blockchain security experts are urging crypto protocols to reaudit their smart contracts as AI tooling is making it easier for hackers to identify vulnerabilities...

ESMA Warns Prediction Market Event Contracts May Fall Under EU Binary Options Ban

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's securities regulator, said in a statement that many prediction market event contracts may already fall...

ESMA Says Many Prediction Market Contracts Fall Under Existing EU Rules

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has warned that many prediction market contracts may already fall under existing restrictions on binary options, saying companies...

Private keys, not smart contracts, caused 40% of crypto’s $16 billion hack losses. Here’s whats being done.

"Most blockchain infrastructure was originally built for a single-user, single-key model, one private key controls everything, and if that key is lost or stolen,...

CFTC Opens Comment on 24/7 Energy Futures and Perpetual Oil Contracts

The CFTC issued a request for comment on running standard futures around the clock and on perpetual contracts referencing physically delivered energy commodities such...

Kentucky Sues Prediction Markets Over Sports Event Contracts

Kentucky has sued five prediction market platforms, including Kalshi and Polymarket, adding to a wave of US states launching legal fights with prediction markets...

CFTC Proposes Prediction Market Rules Favoring Sports Contracts

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has proposed new rules for prediction markets, signaling that sports event contracts are generally not contrary to...

Moomoo adds Kalshi prediction markets, giving users access to event contracts

Digital trading platform Moomoo said Thursday it had partnered with prediction market operator Kalshi to bring CFTC-regulated event contracts to eligible users, allowing them...

CME Group Goes Live With 24/7 Crypto Futures And Options, Launches Bitcoin Volatility Contracts

CME Group, the world’s largest derivatives marketplace, has launched 24/7 trading for cryptocurrency futures and options, marking a structural shift in how...

CFTC Backs Crypto Perpetual Contracts, Issues Advisory on 24/7 Trading

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) took positions on cryptocurrency perpetual futures contracts and how the industry may be more suited for “24/7...

Hyperliquid’s pre-IPO SpaceX contracts suffers 45% flash crash, liquidating $1.5 million

Hyperliquid's SPACEX-USDH perpetual contract suffered a violent flash crash on Thursday afternoon, plunging from an open of $2,277 to a low of $1,254, a...

Arizona Judge Blocks Gambling Enforcement Against Kalshi Contracts

A federal judge in Arizona has temporarily barred state officials from enforcing gambling laws against Kalshi, siding with the CFTC.Cointelegraph is committed to independent,...