CFTC permanently bans Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky from regulated markets, closing another chapter in the Celsius blowup. No new fine, but the message is brutal: mislead users about safety, profit, or regulation, and the fallout can haunt you for years.
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SEC and CFTC are reopening crypto derivatives rules as CME threatens to sue over Kalshi’s Bitcoin perpetual futures, exposing a messy futures-vs-swaps fight that could reshape U.S. crypto market regulation.
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South Korea is set to launch a new crypto transfer licensing regime in December, and fintech firms may be allowed in alongside exchanges. The goal: legitimize blockchain remittances while tightening AML oversight and dragging cross-border crypto out of the regulatory gray zone.
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SpiderPool mined Bitcoin block 954,352 with only the coinbase transaction after a 62-second block gap, likely due to stale template timing rather than any Bitcoin problem. Valid block, lost fees, zero drama for consensus.
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Oman has launched Omanhash, a state-supervised Bitcoin mining pool for licensed operators, aiming to keep mining legal, visible, and onshore. It’s a big industrial bet on Bitcoin — with clear upside, and a healthy dose of government control.
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Australia’s High Court handed ASIC a win in the Block Earner case, ruling its crypto yield product was a regulated financial product and derivative. The message: clever branding won’t dodge licensing rules.
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XRP exchange reserves have sunk to a 7-year low, tightening sellable supply just as CLARITY Act hype builds. That could amplify any real demand from institutions—but thin liquidity cuts both ways, and crypto’s favorite hobby is calling every squeeze “bullish” before reality shows up.
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Ireland is calling crypto a major AML and terrorism-financing risk, with tougher source-of-funds rules coming by 2027. The message is clear: DeFi, sanctions evasion, and sloppy compliance are now in the crosshairs, and regulators are done pretending crypto is a toy.
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Malta’s regulator is pushing a new legal category for DAOs as EU MiCA rules tighten, aiming to separate truly decentralized systems from projects with hidden control points, admin keys, and token-heavy governance. Bigger compliance pressure is coming.
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Bitcoin’s state-by-state adoption map shows a blunt reality: “open money” still leans toward wealthier states, where access, education, and disposable income make getting in easier. Permissionless on paper doesn’t mean evenly distributed in real life.
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