regulation
Flaherty v. Kalshi: 11 amicus briefs stack behind states ahead of Nov 9 reply
SCOTUS docket 26-299 drew NFL, Gensler, Dodd, 39 states, 145 tribes and AGA briefs in a one-week window; Kalshi's cert response is now due November 9.
Stories tagged: #united-states
regulation
CFTC publishes event-contract rules: casino carve-out immediate, swap rule out for 30-day comment
Selig issues an interim final rule carving casino-style gambling out of the swap definition and a proposed rule folding event contracts in. 30 days of comment follow.
regulation
CFTC proposes Regulation CTX and Regulation CAM to pull leveraged crypto exchanges under federal oversight
Chairman Mike Selig's advance notice pairs CTX (leveraged crypto transactions) with CAM (a new exchange category). 60-day comment window; spot without leverage stays outside.
regulation
FinCEN withdraws 2023 crypto mixer rule and 2020 self-hosted wallet proposal
FinCEN killed both pending crypto proposals the same week, citing a 'chilling effect on legitimate activity' and the July 2025 Working Group report.
regulation
CFTC sends White House two rules to lock event contracts under its swap authority
One proposed rule redefines event contracts as swaps; one interim final rule carves out casino-style products. Both landed at OMB while states sue Polymarket and Kalshi over gambling.
regulation
Illinois publishes draft 0.2% digital-asset tax rules, open through Oct 30
The Illinois Department of Revenue's draft implementing rules for the state's Digital Asset Tax Act clarify who owes the 0.2% levy, when, and how DEX transactions are treated.
regulation
Six federal agencies miss GENIUS Act July 18 rulemaking deadline; effective date defaults to Jan 18, 2027
One year after Trump signed GENIUS into law, the OCC, FDIC, NCUA, Treasury, FinCEN and OFAC have eight proposed stablecoin rules and zero finalized — pushing the effective date to Jan 18, 2027.
on-chain
US government moves $288M in seized BTC and ETH to Coinbase Prime
Arkham data shows ~3,800 BTC and 30,007 ETH — from the Ryan Farace, BTC-e and Brian Krewson cases — reached Coinbase Prime on July 13, testing the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve no-sell posture.
regulation
SEC opens 60-day comment on novel ETF rules, targeting crypto and event-contract funds
SEC Release 33-11426, published to the Federal Register on July 2, poses 27 questions on crypto and event-contract ETFs. Comments on File S7-2026-24 due 60 days after publication.