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Crypto regulation news: SEC and CFTC actions, new laws and court rulings worldwide, rewritten by AI in our own words, credited and linked.
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Coinbase Prime opens global options and perpetual futures trading to institutions
Coinbase says Coinbase Prime now offers regulated global options and perpetual futures trading to institutions in the US and other eligible regions, with a unified liquidity pool for US and global traders.
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OdailyAIBullishDemocrats plan deeper probe into Trump's crypto businesses
Democrats plan an in-depth investigation into Donald Trump's cryptocurrency-related businesses and will publish the agenda within 100 hours of taking office on 3 January, the Financial Times reported.
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- Garcia says House panel to examine Trump family crypto dealings
- Trump says he would consider pre-emptive pardons for Musk and allies
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PANewsAIBearishCrypto and AI super PACs lose 9 of 12 decided competitive races
Crypto and AI industries spent a combined $250m on the 2026 US midterms, and their side lost 9 of the 12 competitive races decided so far, per Citation Needed's Molly White. Crypto groups spent over $64m opposing Democrat Sherrod Brown in Ohio's Senate race, which he won.
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- Trump-linked trades fall after midterm election losses
- CICC says Democratic sweep in US midterms cuts policy uncertainty
- HashKey's Tim Sun says Democratic midterm win could slow crypto legislation
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PANewsAIBearishBlockchain Association says it will keep seeking bipartisan crypto rules
The Blockchain Association says it will keep pursuing bipartisan cooperation in the next US Congress on clearer crypto rules, even with Democrats expected to control both chambers, calling digital assets a non-partisan issue.
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CoinNessAINeutralFrance's National Assembly backs declaration of self-custodied crypto above €100,000
France's National Assembly passed amendment I-2701 by 150 votes to 44, with 8 abstentions, requiring taxpayers to declare self-custodied crypto assets worth at least €100,000 (about $112,000), measured at 31 December of the tax year. The same session rejected, by 69 votes to 14, an amendment exempting crypto payments of up to €1,000 (about $1,120) for goods and services; the declaration rule enters the 2027 finance bill and must survive final legislation.
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- French National Assembly backs amendment taxing crypto-to-stablecoin conversions
- France committee backs declaring self-custody crypto above €100,000
- French finance committee rejects 2027 budget revenue, voiding crypto tax amendments
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Eleanor Terrett says crypto-friendly House candidates falter in midterms
Eleanor Terrett said on X that Representative Bill Huizenga lost an early lead to Democrat Sean McCann, while Representative Bryan Steil, who chairs the digital assets subcommittee, failed to win reelection, leaving its future unclear.
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- Bill Huizenga falls behind in re-election race as digital assets subcommittee's future is questioned
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CoinNessAIBearishColin Wu says Hong Kong crypto data sharing will exclude China for now
Hong Kong's Legislative Council passed a CARF amendment on 4 Nov, with automatic exchange of crypto transaction data due from 2028. Colin Wu said mainland China, which is not participating in CARF, will not receive the data for now, and that mainland taxpayers face a 20% rate on crypto trading gains even in Hong Kong.
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CoinNessAINeutralGuangxi court rules investors bear their own losses on virtual currency platform
A court in Fusui county, Guangxi, dismissed a claim by a couple in their seventies who invested more than 60,000 yuan in an overseas virtual currency mining scheme that shut down in December 2020. The court found the investment contract void and the losses stemmed from the trade's illegality and platform risk, not the introducer.
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OdailyAIBearishCrypto PACs spend about $170m, roughly $100m more than AI PACs
Crypto industry political action committees spent about $170m this election cycle, compared with about $72m by AI-focused PACs, a Fox Business crypto reporter said on X. Some large bets failed to pay off in both camps.
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OdailyAINeutralYi He says Binance accepts all criticism and has rebuilt security permissions
Yi He said Binance accepts all criticism and will bear full responsibility for any shortfall in user funds. She said the exchange has rebuilt departmental access rights, reset AI tools and adopted zero-trust, least-privilege principles, with a security audit report to follow.
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- Binance SAFU's 7,500 Bitcoin, worth about $572m, moved to unmarked wallet
- Yi He says Binance bars personal use of work computers to deter hackers
- He Yi says stoking hostility after Binance breach erodes industry confidence
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OdailyAIBullishUS appeals court denies Coinbase and Kalshi bid to pause state enforcement
The US Second Circuit Court of Appeals denied Coinbase Financial Markets and Kalshi injunctions while their appeals proceed in cases involving Connecticut and New York enforcement against prediction markets. The court said the applicants did not show an injunction was needed and did not rule on the merits.
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- Kalshi and two co-founders face 14 criminal charges in Utah, 13 of them felonies
- Utah attorney general sues Kalshi over alleged illegal gambling
- Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour says prediction markets may leave US without federal oversight
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Eleanor Terrett says crypto-backed spending failed to stop Sherrod Brown's Senate return
Journalist Eleanor Terrett says more than $64m in crypto industry spending did not stop Sherrod Brown returning to the Senate, where he may lead a committee overseeing crypto. Pro-crypto Republicans Bryan Steil, Zach Nunn and Ann Wagner lost their seats, and Mike Lawler conceded.
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- Fred Krueger says US midterm results are best-case scenario for Bitcoin
- HTX's Andy says divided Congress is no reason for excessive crypto pessimism
- Democrats win both chambers as global markets recover; Bitcoin tops $78,000
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PANewsAIBearishApple bans staff from prediction-market trades on inside information
Apple revised its insider trading policy to bar employees from trading on prediction markets using confidential information from their work, including details about suppliers and business partners, with violations possibly leading to dismissal.
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CoinNessAINeutralAlchemy Pay secures Mississippi money transmitter licence, reaching 20 US states
Blockchain-based payment network Alchemy Pay said it has obtained a money transmitter licence in Mississippi, bringing the number of US states where it holds such licences to 20.
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