Aislinn Keely

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has told the D.C. Circuit that trading platform KalshiEx LLC "promptly turned its futures exchange into an online casino" when courts gave it the green light to list election contracts, urging the appeals court to overturn a lower court decision that the contracts don't involve unlawful gaming.

A Texas federal judge on Thursday overturned a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule that expanded the definition of "dealer" to include proprietary trading firms, some hedge funds and crypto firms, saying the agency overstepped its authority when it adopted the rule.

A coalition of 18 Republican attorneys general led by Kentucky sued the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday for allegedly treading on the states' authority through a "regulatory landgrab" into the cryptocurrency industry.

Users of nonfungible token platform OpenSea have dropped their proposed securities class action after the NFT marketplace held firm on its demand that the claims be arbitrated.

The mediator overseeing the dispute between buyers of the Astrals LLC nonfungible token project and basketball Hall of Famer and promoter Shaquille O'Neal told a Florida federal judge that the parties reached a settlement in their most recent session. 

The mediator overseeing the dispute between buyers of the Astrals LLC nonfungible token project and basketball Hall of Famer and promoter Shaquille O'Neal told a Florida federal judge that the parties reached a settlement in their most recent session. 

The White House is poised to take a fresh approach to the digital asset industry regardless of who wins the presidency, but experts said the crypto industry's hopes for more rules and fewer enforcement cases ultimately depend on a new head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and a renewed push from Congress to pass crypto legislation.

The Blockchain Association, a cryptocurrency lobby, said in a report released Thursday that ts members reported incurring $426 million in legal costs so far defending actions from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Blockchain gaming firm Immutable said Friday that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is considering bringing an enforcement action after the firm received notice of the regulator's scrutiny on an "accelerated timeline" ahead of the U.S. election.

Cryptocurrency advocates have told a Texas federal judge that apparel company Beba and its crypto industry group backer have standing to preemptively sue the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, arguing that the regulator has created an impossible situation for crypto firms by bringing enforcement actions without setting clear rules for digital assets.