CFTC charges North Carolina commodity pool operator with $14M fraud scheme involving crypto assets

The arbitration outcome may stabilize crypto auditing by deterring auditors from abandoning clients, enhancing trust and regulatory compliance. The post Payward wins $22M arbitration against auditor Mazars over audit withdrawal appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

The SECs 2026 regulatory agenda includes proposed crypto market structure rules and broker dealer updates for crypto assets. The post SEC targets crypto exchanges and broker dealers in new rule agenda appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

The post U.S. SEC to propose crypto rule as soon as this month to ease startups, fundraising appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. “To deliver on President Trump’s goal to ensure that the United States is the crypto capital of the world, we are embracing innovation to bring more products onshore, creating clear rules of the road for capital raising with crypto assets, and providing clarity as to how market participants can custody and facilitate trading of tokenized securities onchain,” Atkins said in a statement on Tuesday, mentioning his agency’s crypto agenda before any other specific rulemaking effort. As the process to advance a crypto market structure bill has languished in Congress, the SEC has been a bright spot for the industry’s regulatory hopes, though the agency has sometimes moved more slowly to issue policies than expected. When Atkins addressed this coming regulation almost four months ago in mid-March, he said it would be proposed in the “coming weeks.” The busy new SEC

The post Ctrl Wallet shuts down after exploit, urges users to move funds appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Ctrl Wallet has announced the permanent shutdown of its services after a recent security exploit, giving users until Aug. 3 to move their crypto assets before core wallet functions go offline. Summary Ctrl Wallet will permanently shut down on Aug. 3 and has urged users to move funds before wallet services end. Users can still recover assets later by importing their 12- or 24-word recovery phrase into compatible wallets. The shutdown follows a recent Cardano-related exploit and comes amid a string of crypto wallet and bridge security incidents. Ctrl Wallet said in a blog post published Tuesday that it will disable sending, receiving, swapping and all other wallet functions from Aug. 3, leaving users with only the ability to export their recovery phrases. Ctrl Wallet is shutting down. Starting 3 August 2026, sending, receiving, swapping and dApp connections within the app will no

Ctrl Wallet has announced the permanent shutdown of its services after a recent security exploit, giving users until Aug. 3 to move their crypto assets before core wallet functions go offline. Ctrl Wallet said in a blog post published Tuesday…

The SEC and CFTC are asking for public comment on portfolio margining harmonization, a dry-sounding regulatory move that could still matter for institutions trading across crypto-adjacent derivatives markets. TL;DR This article was written

The lawsuit's outcome could redefine crypto derivatives regulation, impacting market competition and compliance costs for US platforms. The post Chicago Mercantile Exchange replaces law firm in lawsuit against CFTC appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

ESMA ban on retail event-derivative contracts reshapes EU prediction markets as Kalshi and Polymarket weigh geofencing; U.S. rules diverge under CFTC.