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TD Cowen says bitcoin is increasingly being viewed by institutions not only as an investable asset, but as financial infrastructure that could support new capital-markets products and services.
The CFTC has sent two rules to the White House that would reshape how prediction-market event contracts are treated under federal law. One would classify them as swaps, potentially strengthening federal authority over platforms including Kalshi and Polymarket.
Crypto companies and trade groups spent more than $13 million on direct lobbying in the first half of 2026, with about $8 million linked to the stalled Clarity Act. Coinbase led the effort, but the Senate did not advance the market-structure bill.
The CFTC has sent two proposals to White House review that would classify prediction-market event contracts as swaps and separate them from gambling products, intensifying its legal conflict with states over sports contracts traded by platforms including Kalshi.
Bitcoin futures open interest has moved above $50 billion for the first time this year. Anchorage Digital’s David Lawant says rising spot volume, thinner order books and options-market signals point to an early shift toward a more bullish Bitcoin market regime.
Europe’s MiCA review is weighing how to preserve a unified crypto market while controlling compliance costs. Cointelegraph highlights proportional regulation, licensing overlaps and stablecoin reserve rules as key issues for the European Commission’s assessment.
Cboe and S&P Dow Jones Indices extended their exclusive licensing agreement through 2051 and said they may explore tokenized options. The proposal is not a launch, and any blockchain-based contract would be separate from today’s record-volume SPX options market.
OpenAI is reportedly exploring a $30 billion funding round that could lift its valuation to $1.4 trillion. The talks come as the ChatGPT developer delays a possible public listing until 2027 or later, while rival Anthropic advances IPO plans.
Kakaopay Securities has partnered separately with Dinari and Ondo Finance to explore tokenizing Korean-listed shares and distributing them internationally. The project remains at the proof-of-concept and infrastructure-study stage, with regulatory approval and commercial timing undecided.
Cboe and S&P Dow Jones Indices extended their exclusive S&P 500 options licensing agreement through 2051, while allowing for possible collaboration on tokenized options as Wall Street firms explore blockchain-based market infrastructure.
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Blockchain.com is reportedly seeking to raise about $500 million in a US IPO at a valuation of $4 billion to $6 billion. The proposed listing comes as crypto markets recover, while recently listed industry stocks remain well below their post-IPO highs.
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has outlined a long-term plan to turn the network into a cryptographic “world computer,” with faster finality, lighter node requirements, stronger privacy and a redesigned consensus and verification architecture.
Franklin Templeton is bringing its off-exchange tokenized collateral program to Bybit. Users can pledge money market fund shares representing about $686 million in assets to access USDT or USDC trading credit while the underlying holdings remain in regulated custody and earn yield.
Bitcoin remains well above its summer low, but futures data shows rising caution. Open interest has fallen to 652,000 BTC, while negative perpetual funding indicates short sellers are willing to pay to maintain bearish positions as the dollar and Treasury yields rise.
South Korea’s financial regulator is reconsidering whether to allow formal crypto market makers after yen-backed stablecoin JPYC surged from 12 won to 37.6 won on Upbit, exposing liquidity concerns and renewing debate over market-manipulation safeguards.
