The CFTC accused Goliath Ventures and Christopher Delgado of running a $397 million crypto Ponzi scheme involving about 1,600 customers. Delgado has pleaded guilty to related charges, while the SEC and CFTC have filed separate civil cases.

Gemini donated $10 million in Bitcoin to a pro-Trump political action committee while waiting for a US court to decide whether to reverse its CFTC settlement. The donation has drawn attention because it came weeks after regulators asked the court to cancel the earlier enforcement agreement.

US authorities have charged a Google software engineer with allegedly using confidential company data to make more than $1.2 million betting on Polymarket, escalating regulatory scrutiny around insider trading in crypto-based prediction markets.

Prediction market platform Kalshi has taken an unusually public stand against insider trading as the once-novel space faces intensifying scrutiny from regulators and institutional observers alike.

The Senate Agriculture Committee on Monday released a much-anticipated discussion draft of its portion of a sweeping bill that would overhaul how cryptocurrencies are regulated, inching the chamber closer to advancing the legislation.

A former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer has publicly backed Ripple’s argument that speculation alone should not automatically subject cryptocurrencies to federal securities laws, weighing in on a growing regulatory battle as lawmakers debate the CLARITY Act and the future of U.S. crypto oversight.

After a year marked by legislative paralysis and a historic government shutdown, US lawmakers are preparing to open 2026 with renewed momentum on digital asset regulation.

The White House has formally confirmed that it has withdrawn the nomination of Andreessen Horowitz policy chief and former regulator Brian Quintenz for the position of the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), according to a report by Politico.

A married couple from Tennessee, Michael and Amanda Griffis, have been ordered to pay nearly $7 million in penalties after orchestrating a fraudulent crypto-based commodity pool scheme, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced on Thursday.

Nearly a year into President Trump’s second term, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission remains without a permanent chair. The position has become a high-stakes battleground, as powerbrokers, crypto billionaires, and seasoned policymakers scramble to shape the agency’s future direction—and with Congress poised to expand the CFTC’s authority over the booming digital asset sector, every move is under the industry’s microscope.