The proposal comes after a failed CLARITY Act vote and is already drawing pushback from critics who say the CFTC is the wrong regulator for retail crypto.

The Musk remark reignited retail interest in DOGE even as the broader memecoin segment sits near record-low dominance.

The approvals expand US-listed leveraged crypto products despite long-standing warnings about volatility decay for retail holders.

Musk regained trillionaire status on the news, prompting renewed speculation about knock-on effects for Dogecoin and his public-company holdings.

The investigator said he fronted $350,000 to pose as a client, producing one of the largest documented crypto money-laundering cases tied to Pyongyang.

Dropping the reporting requirements removes a compliance burden that the industry had argued would push activity offshore.

The filing seeks an SEC exemption to trade tokenized equities around the clock, extending tokenization into mainstream listings.

It is the second proposed US Zcash fund, following a year in which ZEC has far outpaced Bitcoin on privacy-coin demand.

The company also bought back $176 million of its STRC preferred shares, using its bitcoin position as balance-sheet leverage.

ZEC and XMR have rallied sharply while Bitcoin fell over the period, with Santiment and others citing privacy demand as the driver.

Softer jobs data supported prices while high bond yields kept a lid on the rally above $86,000.

The round keeps OKX's valuation unchanged, a sign of how selective late-stage crypto funding has become.

The case tests how much discretion stablecoin issuers have to blacklist funds at law enforcement's request.

The classification of specific tokens as commodities would matter greatly for which agency oversees their spot markets.

The closure removes one of the higher-profile consumer-focused L2s built around an NFT brand.

The standard is aimed at giving banks a compliant path to settle tokenized assets on Solana rails.

Analysts flag a rare golden cross and a key breakout level, though memecoin dominance overall remains near a record low.

The testnet milestone moves the next major Ethereum hard fork closer to mainnet, with atomic L1-to-L2 transactions also tested.