Cryptocurrencies

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group) will file a lawsuit against the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). CME head Terrence Duffy said this in a comment to CNBC. The reason was the agency's authorization for the Kalshi platform to launch perpetual futures. Duffy stated that such instruments are swaps. Under the Dodd-Frank Act, this requires different…

Senators Ruben Gallego and Cynthia Lummis came out with a resolution banning a pardon, amnesty, or any other reduction of the sentence of former FTX exchange CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. They stated that he did not deserve release and pointed to the absence of signs of remorse. Recall that Bankman-Fried filed an official pardon petition with the U.S. president's administration…

The well-known Bitcoin Core developer Peter Todd criticized initiatives to ban social networks for teenagers. According to him, it was at a young age, through social media, that he communicated with the pioneers of cryptography and worked on the ideas that became the foundation of bitcoin (BTC). He noted: the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada want to ban such communication. The reason was…

On June 17 Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman filed lawsuits against Kalshi and Polymarket. State authorities believe that under the guise of prediction markets the platforms offer residents unlicensed sports betting, CoinTelegraph reports. The lawsuits were filed with the Franklin County court. In the documents Kalshi and Polymarket are called "illegal bookmaking venues." The authorities…

The International Federation of Football (FIFA) has implemented an Avalanche-based blockchain infrastructure for the new ticket distribution system for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. CoinDesk explained how this mechanism works and how many tickets have already been sold under the new model. The solution works through the FIFA Collect platform, created in collaboration with the company…