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Lawmakers Press CFTC to Warn Federal Employees About Event Contracts

At least 42 Democratic lawmakers have written the US commodities regulator and the US Office of Government Ethics, demanding that it warn federal employees...

Democrats urge warnings to federal officials against insider bets on prediction markets

More than 40 Democrats in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives sent a letter to a federal regulator and to ethics officials to...

Legal Tech Tools Federal Lawyers Use for Case Management and Research

Share Share Share Share Email Federal law is complex, data-intensive, and often time-sensitive. From handling large volumes of documents to conducting in-depth legal research, federal lawyers rely heavily on...

US Lawmaker Probes Federal Reserve Approval of Kraken, Warns of ‘Critical’ Risk – Featured Bitcoin News

Lawmaker Presses Fed Over Crypto Account Approval Heightened scrutiny over access to U.S. payment infrastructure is intensifying as policymakers examine crypto integration. Congresswoman Maxine...

Top Democrat on House committee questions Kraken’s Federal Reserve account

U.S. Representative Maxine Waters, the ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, is questioning the limited "master account" obtained by crypto exchange Kraken...

Federal Regulation Looms as 11 States Go After Prediction Markets

Momentum is building across US states to regulate or restrict prediction markets, with multiple legal actions targeting platforms such as Kalshi.On March 20, Carson...

Report: Federal Lawmakers Move to Close Prediction Market Betting Loopholes

Congress is stepping into the fast-growing prediction market arena, aiming to draw a hard line between financial contracts and what lawmakers say looks a...

US Senator Introduces Crypto Bill Blocking Federal Bailouts for Digital Assets

U.S. lawmakers move to block taxpayer rescues for crypto firms, tightening federal safeguards and signaling tougher boundaries between digital asset risk and traditional finance...

SEC will Consider most Crypto Assets not Securities under Federal Law

In one of its first actions since signing a memorandum of understanding with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the US Securities and Exchange...

SEC Clarifies How Federal Securities Laws Apply to Crypto Assets

The SEC has issued an official interpretation clarifying the application of federal securities laws to crypto assets and transactions, marking a significant step in...

Arizona Challenges Kalshi’s Federal Status With Unlicensed Gambling Charges

Arizona prosecutors have filed charges against prediction market operator Kalshi, alleging the company ran an unlicensed gambling operation and accepted illegal election wagers within...