News Explorer — CFTC Introduces Pilot Program Permitting Tokenized Crypto as Margin Collateral in Derivatives Markets

Generated by AI, curated by humans

Dec 8, 10:28 pm

Decrypt

CFTC Introduces Pilot Program Permitting Tokenized Crypto as Margin Collateral in Derivatives Markets

The CFTC has launched a pilot program allowing tokenized digital assets as margin collateral in U.S. derivatives markets. This initiative aims to supervise digital-asset activity in U.S. markets and reduce reliance on offshore venues, with Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDC as eligible collateral.

The CFTC has launched a pilot program allowing tokenized digital assets as margin collateral in U.S. derivatives markets. This initiative aims to supervise digital-asset activity in U.S. markets and reduce reliance on offshore venues, with Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDC as eligible collateral.

Latest

Dec 10, 10:16 am

Coindesk

Strive Plans to Raise Funds for Bitcoin Buys Through $500 Million At-the-Market Offering

Strive arranged a $500 million at-the-market offering for its Variable Rate Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock (SATA) to... Read Summary

Dec 10, 5:25 am

Coindesk

Binance Co-CEO Yi He's WeChat Account Hijacked to Pump Meme Coin

Binance co-CEO Yi He's WeChat account was hacked to promote a memecoin, leading to a pump-and-dump scheme. The attackers... Read Summary

Dec 10, 5:03 am

Decrypt

Solana Liquidity Drops to Bear Market Levels Amid High Leverage Risks

Solana's liquidity is in a reset phase due to realized losses, declining futures interest, and market-maker pullback, po... Read Summary

Dec 10, 1:52 am

Decrypt

American Federation of Teachers Warns Against Risks Posed by Senate's Crypto Market Structure Bill

The American Federation of Teachers has raised concerns about the Responsible Financial Innovation Act, warning it could... Read Summary

Dec 9, 10:47 pm

Decrypt

SEC Chair Atkins Suggests Certain ICOs Should Be Considered as Non-securities

SEC chair Paul Atkins stated that certain ICOs should be considered non-securities transactions, falling outside the SEC... Read Summary

Dec 9, 10:09 pm

Decrypt

New Application Filed For 'Afterdark' Bitcoin ETF Seeking to Mirror Asset's Overnight Returns

An application for a Bitcoin-focused ETF, the Nicholas Bitcoin and Treasuries AfterDark ETF, was filed with the SEC by T... Read Summary

Dec 9, 10:02 pm

Decrypt

Developers Can Now Build on Stripe's Tempo Blockchain

Tempo, a blockchain by Stripe and Paradigm, launched its public testnet, welcoming developers to build on the network. T... Read Summary

Dec 9, 9:34 pm

Decrypt

Zcash Treasury Firm Cypherpunk's Stock Jumps 40% on ZEC Founder Appointment

Zooko Wilcox, founder of Zcash, has joined Cypherpunk Technologies Inc. as a strategic advisor, leading to a surge in th... Read Summary

Dec 9, 8:28 pm

Decrypt

Crypto Winter Isn't Coming Despite Bitcoin Plunge: JPMorgan

JPMorgan analysts believe that despite recent fears and a 9% decline in Bitcoin's price, a prolonged downturn or "crypto... Read Summary

Dec 9, 7:09 pm

Decrypt

Senator Booker Says Crypto Bill Won't Gain Support Unless Democrats Are Appointed to SEC, CFTC

Sen. Cory Booker expressed concerns over the potential expansion of presidential power to fire commissioners from agenci... Read Summary

Dec 9, 6:25 pm

Decrypt

USDCx Private Stablecoin From Aleo and Circle Goes Live on Testnet

Aleo network's foundation announced the launch of a new privacy-focused stablecoin, USDCx, in partnership with Circle's... Read Summary

Dec 9, 5:56 pm

Decrypt

Ethereum 'Permit' Scams Are Gaining Steam, Leading to Massive Losses

A hacker stole over $440,000 in USDC by tricking a wallet owner into signing a malicious "permit" signature, leading to... Read Summary

Dec 9, 5:20 pm

Coindesk

Bitwise BITW ETF Gains SEC Approval With Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP and More

Bitwise's $1.25 billion Bitwise 10 Crypto Index Fund (BITW) has been approved by the SEC to trade on NYSE Arca, becoming... Read Summary

Dec 9, 3:55 pm

Decrypt

PNC Bank Now Offers Bitcoin Trading for Customers

PNC Bank introduced a service allowing select customers to trade Bitcoin through Coinbase, part of a strategic partnersh... Read Summary

Dec 9, 3:37 pm

Decrypt

Electoral Commission Urged to Investigate £9 Million Donation to Reform UK by Crypto Billionaire

The UK's Liberal Democrats and Labour Party have requested the Electoral Commission to investigate a £9 million donation... Read Summary