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SEC staff said token buyback announcements on functional crypto networks do not necessarily promise the managerial efforts central to the Howey test. Projects with unfinished networks could still face securities-law concerns if buybacks are marketed as a source of yield or returns.
The US Digital Asset Market Clarity Act stalled after bipartisan resistance in the Senate, with ethics disputes involving President Donald Trump, stablecoin rules, negotiation failures and the approaching midterm election undermining months of work on crypto market structure reform.
Novig has brought actress Sydney Sweeney on as a partner and equity holder for its sports-focused exchange. Its “Just Sports” digital campaign highlights prediction markets’ push toward mainstream visibility and broader consumer participation.
Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor outlined a proposed “bill of digital rights” in an essay and said the ambition should be to enable 10 million new companies to raise capital, Cointelegraph reported.
Crypto projects spent about $638 million on token buybacks through late August 2026, surpassing the $545 million recorded during the same period in 2025. Hyperliquid and Pump.fun together accounted for nearly 90% of the total.
Proposed Federal Reserve rules would give under-collateralized payment stablecoin issuers 24 hours to notify the regulator and submit a recovery plan, potentially setting up a liquidation process within about 48 hours.
A Balancer fork’s proposed 6 million BAL request could lower holders’ redemption value. The impact depends on eligible granted BAL before the treasury snapshot, while the proposed return remains conditional.
CryptoSlate reports that a proposed Federal Reserve framework would make stablecoin circulation a capital cost for supervised issuers. At $1 billion outstanding and no non-reserve revenue, the operating-risk baseline would be $20 million before adjustments.
CryptoSlate said UK consumers’ practice of keeping cash at home underscores the value of payment access during app failures, card declines, or power outages, reinforcing continued interest in money that can be used without centralized permission.
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The CFTC sued Cash FX over an alleged $950 million crypto-linked forex scheme, claiming the company conducted minimal trading and misappropriated most participant funds, according to Cointelegraph.
U.S. prosecutors are seeking $84.2 million from a Caribbean bank linked to Tether and are also targeting a Montana payments firm. Both entities are accused of moving money without a license, according to Decrypt.
A Sixth Circuit panel ruled that Kalshi’s sports-related event contracts are not swaps and therefore fall outside federal oversight, leaving the products subject to state regulations, according to CoinDesk.
OG.com, recently spun out of Crypto.com, is seeking CFTC approval to offer perpetual futures tied to individual US stocks. Coinbase, Kalshi and Kraken parent Payward are also pursuing approval for similar products.
Tether said it had limited exposure to EQIBank, where it holds some assets, after US prosecutors alleged that a payments business illegally transferred hundreds of millions of dollars. The case involves an $84 million seizure.
Strategy is seeking shareholder approval to shift dividend payments on STRC and its three other preferred stocks to a daily schedule, following a similar move by Bitcoin treasury firm Strive, Cointelegraph reported.
A flaw in Limit Break’s Payment Processor V2 exposed older Ethereum NFT listings on Magic Eden, prompting a whitehat rescue of more than 23,000 NFTs, according to the marketplace’s warning.
