Regulation
Regulation

Illinois’ new crypto tax puts users under a burden stocks do not face

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a $55.9 billion state budget that includes a first-of-its-kind 0.2% tax on crypto assets.…
Jun 18, 2026
AI

ClawBank and Shodai Say Two AI Agents Have Signed the First Ricardian Contract

The document embeds the on-chain contract address, so the legal text and the code are the same object. The post…
Jun 18, 2026
Markets

CME Group to Sue CFTC Over Bitcoin Perpetual Futures Approval in Clash Over Dodd-Frank Classification

Bitcoin Magazine CME Group to Sue CFTC Over Bitcoin Perpetual Futures Approval in Clash Over Dodd-Frank Classification CME Group plans…
Jun 18, 2026
Regulation

Bitcoin just holds $64K after Fed revives hike risk, but one level still decides whether repair is real

The Fed left interest rates unchanged on June 17, and Bitcoin still felt the policy outlook tighten beneath it. The…
Jun 18, 2026
Markets

CME to Sue CFTC Over Bitcoin Perpetual Futures Approval: CEO

Outgoing CME chief Terry Duffy says perpetual futures are actually swaps under Dodd-Frank, and that the exchange will file suit…
Jun 18, 2026
Markets

CME Plans to Sue the CFTC Over Its Perpetual Futures Approval as a Michigan Judge Rebuffs the Agency on Prediction Markets

CME CEO Terrence Duffy said the exchange plans to sue the CFTC, arguing Kalshi’s perpetual futures are misclassified swaps, the…
Jun 18, 2026
Regulation

Michigan Federal Judge Rules Sports Prediction Markets Are Not Under CFTC Purview

The judge said Polymarket is not likely to succeed on the merits of its case against Michigan state regulators. Read…
Jun 17, 2026
Markets

Gaming groups urge Congress to ban prediction markets sports betting in CLARITY Act

Gambling industry groups want the US Senate to step in to clarify that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission does not…
Jun 17, 2026
Institutional

Congress Strikes Housing-Bill Deal That Bans Fed CBDC Through 2030

Congressional negotiators folded a statutory ban on a Federal Reserve central bank digital currency into the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD…
Jun 17, 2026
Markets

Gaming Industry, Tribes and Unions Press Senate to Ban Sports Prediction Markets in Crypto Bill

The American Gaming Association, the Indian Gaming Association, and two hospitality unions are pressing senators to insert sports-betting carve-out language…
Jun 17, 2026