Perps Lift Crypto Stocks—Robinhood, Coinbase End Week In The Green After CFTC Move

The post US Seizes $1B Iranian Crypto as Coinbase, JPMorgan Clash Over CLARITY Act appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Crypto News The United States has seized roughly $1 billion in Iranian cryptocurrency assets, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent disclosed at the Reagan National Economic Forum on Friday. Bessent said federal authorities “outright grabbed the wallets,” adding that some Iranian holders may still be unaware their funds have been confiscated. Forensic investigators reportedly traced flows from regime-linked cold wallets using public ledger analysis. The newly announced figure roughly doubles the $500 million in Iranian crypto the Treasury disclosed seizing in late April and significantly exceeds the $344 million reported earlier this month. The operation underscores Washington’s intent to weaponize on-chain transparency against adversarial regimes. The seizures form part of Operation Economic Fury, a financial pressure campaign launched in March 2025 to choke off Tehran’s

The CFTC approved Kalshi’s BTCPERP contract, marking the first regulated Bitcoin perpetual futures on a U.S. exchange. Here’s what it means. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has approved the BTCPERP contract submitted by KalshiEX, LLC. This marks the first regulated Bitcoin perpetual futures contract on a U.S. exchange.  Kalshi submitted the contract on May […] The post CFTC Approves First Regulated Bitcoin Perpetuals on Kalshi appeared first on Live Bitcoin News.

The post CME Launches Nearly 24/7 Trading for XRP Futures and Options Starting May 29 appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. CME will start near 24/7 crypto derivatives trading, including XRP contracts, on May 29. XRP futures have reached $62.87B in notional volume since CME launched them in May 2025. Analysts say XRP futures activity is rising as ETF holdings and XRPL adoption expands. CME Group will begin nearly round-the-clock trading for its regulated crypto futures and options from May 29. The expanded schedule includes XRP futures, options on XRP futures, and Micro XRP contracts. The change moves CME’s crypto derivatives market closer to the always-open structure of digital asset spot markets. Trading will continue through weekends, except for a two-hour weekly maintenance window. CME Extends XRP Derivatives Trading Hours The exchange said weekend trades will carry the following business day’s trade date. That detail applies to clearing, reporting, and related operational processes

May 29 CFTC approvals bring Kalshi’s BTCPERP and a policy path for perpetuals, while Coinbase signals Deribit access—reshaping U.S. crypto derivatives.

Crypto.com and the U.S. SailGP Team signed a multi-year deal naming OG as Official Prediction Market Partner. OG Prediction Markets runs on a CFTC-regulated platform, giving it a compliance edge over unregulated competitors globally. The partnership launches as several jurisdictions tighten rules around prediction markets, testing regulated crypto products in sports. Crypto.com and the United […] The post Crypto.com and SailGP Launch New Crypto Prediction Markets Partnership appeared first on Live Bitcoin News.

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has now opened the path for Coinbase and other CFTC-registered exchanges to offer regulated access to global crypto derivatives markets. Related Reading: Bitcoin Tests Critical Support As Bearish Signals Point To $60,000 Retest Coinbase Offers Access To Global Crypto Derivatives On Friday, Coinbase announced that its subsidiary, Coinbase Financial Markets (CFM), has become the first US-regulated Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) to offer its domestic clients access to global crypto derivatives markets. Crypto derivatives account for roughly 80% of global crypto trading volume, Coinbase explained, with options, perpetual futures, and other instruments driving most of that activity across international venues. However, US customers haven’t had regulated access to this multi-trillion-dollar market until now. As a result, some institutional customers had to establish offshore entities to access these markets and take on additional counterp

Coinbase opens global crypto options and perpetual futures access for U.S. institutions through a regulated CFM platform. Coinbase has opened access to global crypto options and perpetual futures markets for U.S. institutional clients through Coinbase Financial Markets. The service gives eligible firms a regulated route to global liquidity, including Deribit markets, without using offshore entities. […] The post Coinbase Opens Global Crypto Options And Perpetual Futures To U.S. Institutions appeared first on Live Bitcoin News.

Traders watching Stellar’s 40% weekly surge are now turning their attention to XRP, asking whether the older and larger token could be next. The two assets share a long history of moving in tandem, and some analysts say the setup is starting to look familiar. Related Reading: Unknown Wallet Destroys $8.5 Million In Bitcoin In Shocking Burn XRP And XLM: A Recurring Pattern Analyst Kevin Cage pointed out that while XLM broke out after months of sideways trading, XRP has remained range-bound. Reports indicate that if momentum picks up, some traders are projecting a move toward the $1.76 to $2 range for XRP sometime in June. XRP itself posted a 2.50% gain in the past 24 hours, though it remains down 2.50% over the last seven days and about 5% over the past month. The price was last seen hovering near the $1.23 to $1.30 liquidity zone on Coinbase‘s spot market. $XRP orderbook on Coinbase is still heavily skewed towards bids (nearly 7x on the large bands) Now this doesn’t automatically mean