CBOE to launch BTC, ETH margin futures trading in January with 11 firms supporting

Cboe Digital has announced the launch date of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) margin futures trading – Jan. 11, 2024. The regulated crypto-native exchange and clearinghouse will become the first in the United States to offer both spot and leveraged derivatives trading on a single platform, it ...

CFTC pays whistleblowers $16M this year for mostly crypto tips

The United States commodities regulator has paid $16 million this year to whistleblowers who gave information leading to successful enforcement actions with a majority of the tips involving crypto.In an Oct. 31 statement, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) commissioner Christy Gol ...

Will weakness in Magnificent 7 stocks spread to Bitcoin price?

The mega-cap tech stocks, which saw a robust start in 2023, are now grappling with massive trillion-dollar losses, leaving their shareholders concerned. Wall Street's unease over surging bond yields and higher interest rates has cast a shadow on these companies. Traders are now pondering the pote ...

Republican crypto bill a ‘10x improvement’ on all others: Messari CEO

Messari CEO Ryan Selkis has praised a newly proposed Republican crypto bill, commenting it is a “10x improvement” on all other crypto bills introduced to the United States Congress so far.The “Digital Asset Market Structure” (DAMS) bill, introduced on June 1, propos ...

House Ag Committee looks at digital assets regulatory bill, Dems ask how to pay for it

If there was ever such a thing as an all-star lineup of regulators, the United States House of Representatives Agricultural Committee’s June 6 hearing on digital asset regulation would probably hold the record. The current chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Rostin Beh ...