CME vs CFTC: Could a Lawsuit Kill the U.S. Crypto Perps Boom Before It Scales?

Solana surpasses Coinbase and Kraken in daily and weekly spot volume while REV share trails its transaction share. Solana has surpassed Coinbase and Kraken in daily and weekly spot trading volume, according to the supplied market update.  The network now trails only Binance and Bybit among the trading venues named in the comparison. This comes […] The post Solana Just Surpassed Coinbase and Kraken in Crypto Trading Volume appeared first on Live Bitcoin News.

AWS turned on AI traffic monetization inside AWS WAF on Monday, letting any site behind Amazon CloudFront charge AI agents per request in USDC through Coinbase's x402 protocol. It is the first time a hyperscale cloud has wired onchain settlement into its content-delivery edge.

The world's largest derivatives exchange operator said Wednesday it will sue the CFTC over the agency's approval of Kalshi's bitcoin perpetual futures, arguing the contracts should be classified as swaps under the Dodd-Frank Act.

Base launches Beryl upgrade on testnet, introducing B20 tokens, faster withdrawals, and improved scalability before June 25 mainnet rollout. Base, the Ethereum Layer 2 network backed by Coinbase, has launched its Beryl upgrade on the Sepolia testnet. At the same time, the mainnet activation will be on June 25. This upgrade brings key improvements in […] The post Coinbase-Backed Base Drops Major Beryl Upgrade Ahead of June 25 Launch appeared first on Live Bitcoin News.

The CFTC resolved its civil action against Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky, with a consent order imposing a permanent trading and registration ban.

Exchange inflows are cooling, XRP withdrawals are surging, and realized losses are shrinking. Here’s what on-chain data says about a Bitcoin bottom. XRP left Coinbase at a pace not seen since February. The seven-day net depositing and withdrawing transaction count on Coinbase hit -15,500 on June 18, per CryptoQuant data cited by analyst Amr Taha. […] The post Bitcoin Bottom Signals: 3 On-Chain Clues Quietly Point to a Bull Market appeared first on Live Bitcoin News.

The SEC and CFTC are asking for public comment on swap definitions as the market debates where perpetual futures and event-based products fit.

For a decade, no one could say whether a crypto token answered to the SEC or the CFTC, and the uncertainty defined the industry. The CLARITY Act is the bill written to settle that question. Here is what it does,…