CFTC event-contract proposal closes with 1,500+ comments as states and platforms clash
The March 2026 rulemaking drew split demands on sports markets and calls to bar election and geopolitics contracts.
The March 2026 rulemaking drew split demands on sports markets and calls to bar election and geopolitics contracts.
Prompted questions lifted crypto’s stated importance, but kitchen-table issues still dominate the 2026 agenda.
Traders weighed nearly $630M in spot ETF inflows against liquidity-sweep reversal risk amid US-Iran headlines.
Public First found 45% say crypto investing isn’t worth the risk as PAC awareness stays in single digits.
Claims of elite-family ties and wartime outflows collide with widely split on-chain estimates of suspect flows.
The deal also mandates pass-through of any Cred bankruptcy recoveries tied to Uphold’s $545,189 claim.
He pointed to a March joint interpretation and chair-led policy work, while stablecoin-yield text revived passage talk.
The Tillis–Alsobrooks text allows “bona fide” activity-based rewards and starts a one-year Treasury/CFTC rulemaking clock if enacted.
The firm warned state-by-state geofencing would conflict with fair-access rules and thin liquidity in event contracts.
Apollo’s Morpho partnership and BlackRock’s Uniswap deployment kept moving as insiders pushed baseline controls.
A $250M-plus Bitcoin sale and AMD’s expansion to 50 MW reframed the miner’s AI pivot for equity traders.
BTC traded near $78,250 as policy headlines swirl around the CLARITY Act and a teased Trump reserve update.
The second disclosed 2026 sale to the Tom Lee-led buyer funds operations and aims to limit spot-market impact.
The setup arrives as stablecoin transfer volume falls 19% to $8.3T and BitMine deepens ETH exposure despite $6.5B+ paper losses.
The framework leans on ETF and corporate ownership rising from ~12% of supply and a “digital gold” share of gold’s ~$24T market.
Resolution BCB No. 561 forces eFX providers to settle via supervised FX trades or non-resident BRL accounts.
Final terms exceeded January’s 9.3M-share figure, keeping BKKT traders focused on dilution and execution.
Orderbooks show over $130M in asks up to $79,300 as short-liquidation risk begins near $76,800.
The pullback hit alongside oil at $126 and a 5-year yield at 4.02%, even as flows since March remain +$3.3B.
A 14-line resolution took effect immediately, and Polymarket publicly backed the restriction despite its U.S. limits.