The “interim final” status of the one rule means it becomes immediate policy but will be open for public input as it’s implemented. The other rule proposal explicitly folds “event contracts, including those based …
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- NFT & Metaverse
CFTC seeks to define event contracts as swaps amid prediction market fight
by adminby adminThe classification could assist the CFTC’s claim that it has exclusive federal jurisdiction over event contracts offered on regulated prediction markets.
- DeFi Market
Robinhood Will Halt Michigan Sports Prediction Markets as State Fight Spreads Beyond Kalshi
by adminby adminRobinhood Derivatives has agreed to stop offering new sports event contracts to Michigan customers by September 9 and close outstanding positions by October 9. The deal leaves the core federal-preemption question unanswered, but extends …
- Crypto Education
Elon Musk’s Fight With Colorado Over AI Law Hits Pause as State Considers Revisions
by adminby adminIn brief xAI and Colorado jointly moved to pause the lawsuit over SB24-205. Enforcement of Colorado’s AI law is on hold while lawmakers consider amendments. The case could resume if revisions fail to address …
- Bitcoin & Ethereum
Sam Altman’s World project launches major upgrade to fight deepfakes and bots
by adminby adminWorld, the Sam Altman-backed digital identity project, has unveiled on Friday what it calls its most significant upgrade yet to World ID, positioning the system as “full-stack proof of human” infrastructure aimed at consumers, …
- Web3 Technology
North Korea Has Stolen Billions in Crypto, But the Ability to ‘Fight Back Is Growing’: Chainalysis
by adminby adminIn brief A report from the U.S. and other Western nations has found that North Korea is becoming more systematic and sophisticated in its crypto-hacking activities. Yet one contributor to the report, Chainalysis, indicates …
A new installment of Chain of Thought, the Brownstone Research newsletter written by Ben Lilly, argues that the battle over open-source artificial intelligence is following the same path Bitcoin walked a decade ago, and …
Altcoin Winners and Losers of the Week as BTC’s Fight for $90K Continues: Weekend Watch
M and ZEC are in one corner, QNT and KAS are in the other. Bitcoin’s overall underwhelming price performance continued in the past 24 hours as the asset is close to breaking below $90,000 …