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NewsFeeds: Regulation
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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Wed 4 Nov
Crédit Mutuel Arkéa hit by fraud of at least $133m, funds swapped into crypto
French crypto journalist Grégory Raymond says Crédit Mutuel Arkéa suffered fraud of at least $133m, with fiat funds moved to crypto trading platforms and converted to crypto for transfer. He cites sources saying the money went through accounts at several platforms, including Crypto.com, via an alleged network of mule accounts.
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ChainCatcherAIBearish
South Korean progressive parties oppose Democratic Party plan to delay virtual asset tax
South Korea's minor progressive parties have criticised the Democratic Party's formal proposal to postpone taxation of virtual asset income, with Cho Kuk, Yong Hye-in and the Justice and Progressive parties arguing a delay mainly benefits large investors.
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- Kim Min-seok proposes delaying South Korea's crypto income tax
- South Korea says taxing overseas stock-linked perpetual futures needs capital markets law review
- Jang Dong-hyuk says crypto tax discord adds to market uncertainty
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CoinNessAIBearishGENIUS Act does not waive state licensing for stablecoin firms
The GENIUS Act sets a federal framework for payment stablecoin issuers but does not exempt exchanges, wallets, payment processors and remittance firms from state money transmission or virtual currency licensing, Bitcoin.com News said.
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OdailyAIBearishApple, Home Depot and GE Vernova join objections to OKXICE tokenisation
Apple, Home Depot and GE Vernova have joined companies objecting to tokenised trading of their shares on OKXICE TSV, taking the total to 59 from 56 on 2 Nov, with objections due by 3 Nov under the SEC's 30-day window.
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- 56 companies oppose stock-token listings on OKXICE, including Amazon and Tesla
- OKXICE says 50 companies oppose its tokenised-stock plan, including Nvidia
- Eleanor Terrett says Wall Street tokenisation rivalry intensifies over OKX and ICE plans
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PANewsAIBearishHong Kong plans licensing regime for virtual asset trading, custody and advice
Hong Kong will set up a licensing regime covering virtual asset trading, custody, advisory and management services, with an amendment bill due before the Legislative Council in 2026, deputy financial services secretary Joseph Chan said. SFC chief executive Julia Leung said AI and tokenisation will support the city's markets but must come with investor protection and market integrity.
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- Hong Kong reaffirms plan to submit crypto licensing bill amendments by end-2026
- Hong Kong to submit bill this year for virtual asset trading and custody licensing regime
- Hong Kong plans crypto trading and custody licensing bill this year
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PANewsAIBullishSherrod Brown wins Ohio Senate race despite crypto super PAC spending
Democrat Sherrod Brown, a crypto critic, defeated incumbent Republican senator Jon Husted in Ohio's US Senate race. A crypto super PAC had spent about $63m to unseat him, including $56m from Fairshake, but failed to block his victory.
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- UBS says blue-wave expectations may raise AI and data centre investment hurdles
- Franklin Templeton's Canobi says funds shifting slightly from stocks to bonds after midterms
- Crypto-backed House candidates ahead in early US midterm counts
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CoinNessAIBearishSlowMist's Cos says Binance theft was an APT attack, not just an engineer's error
SlowMist founder Cos said on X that the Binance theft was an advanced persistent threat attack involving social engineering, intelligence gathering, malware evasion, cloud intrusion and 0day exploits, so it should not be blamed only on the engineer involved.
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- Kim Yo Jong says Binance hack is extension of US hostile policy
- Yang Haipo says Binance breach exposed three avoidable failures
- Binance hacker begins mixing stolen funds, about $800,000 mixed so far
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Apple bars staff from prediction-market bets using confidential information
Apple's annual SEC filing adds prediction-market trading to its insider trading policy, prohibiting employees from using confidential company information on platforms such as Polymarket or sharing it with people who may trade.
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PANewsAINeutralCFTC approves single-stock perpetuals for four exchanges that applied
David Hoffman says the CFTC has approved perpetual contracts tied to individual stocks, expected to list on KalshiEX, Coinbase Derivatives, Bitnomial (Kraken) and Nadex/OG.com (Crypto.com). He says Lighter plans to apply this month and could become the fifth, and only decentralised, venue.
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OdailyAIBullishOKX's Star Xu says security and compliance must come before marketing
OKX founder Star Xu said many polished presentations turn out to be amateur operations, citing a reported $6.3bn security incident that began with an employee falling for a fake job-interview trap. He said security, accountability and compliance should always rank above marketing.
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- Kraken freezes accounts linked to $133m hack at EU institution
- ZachXBT says suspected hacked EU entity hit by another $27m in withdrawals
- OKX's Star says security work continues after recent industry breach
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Lighter reports $72.9bn October volume and $4.09m in fees
Lighter said October trading volume across its core platform and Robinhood Chain reached $72.9bn, with open interest of $1.41bn at month-end and $4.09m in fees. It plans to apply to the CFTC in November for designated contract market status and derivatives clearing organisation registration.
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OdailyAIBullishUS midterm results due as crypto policy hangs in balance
US midterm election results are due today, with the outcome expected to shape regulatory and legislative responses affecting crypto during President Donald Trump's remaining term. Crypto-backed Super PACs spent $200m on the midterms, though cryptocurrency was not a major campaign issue.
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- Santiment says US midterm election fears are weighing on crypto sentiment
- Survey puts Bitcoin year-end median at $76,450 if Democrats sweep Congress
- Democratic 'blue wave' in US midterms stirs fears for AI boom
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CoinNessAINeutralTue 3 Nov
Block says it reached outline deal with US DOJ over anti-money-laundering probe
Block, Jack Dorsey's payments company, disclosed in a regulatory filing that it reached an agreement in principle in October with the US Department of Justice over its anti-money-laundering compliance, with prosecution deferred for three years. The deferred-prosecution deal, subject to court approval, is worth about $964m in total and $764m net; Block had already provisioned $526m at the end of June and raised that to $764m at the end of September.
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SEC staff grant no-action relief for Canton Coin token minting
US Securities and Exchange Commission staff have granted no-action relief for the minting of Canton Coin. The relevant SEC division considers Canton Coin a digital commodity, citing its network utility and the absence of a centralised entity controlling the network.
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Cboe-backed group sues CFTC to block single-stock perpetual futures
A Cboe-backed group has sued the CFTC over its approval of single-stock perpetual futures, seeking emergency relief to stop the contracts being listed as security futures. The complaint names Coinbase, Kalshi and Bitnomial.
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