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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Department of Justice filed lawsuit against Illinois, Arizona, Connecticut and various state officials on Thursday over the state’s efforts to shutter prediction market providers. Illinois, alongside numerous other states, sent cease-and-desist letters to some prediction market providers, arguing that the companies were offering sports gambling products that should…

The U.S. Department of Justice will be helmed by Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, President Donald Trump announced Thursday, after removing Attorney General Pam Bondi from the position. Blanche represented Trump in his criminal case in New York prior to Trump’s reelection as U.S. President in 2024. Trump named him deputy attorney general after…

Representatives of the crypto and banking industries are meeting with legislative staffers on Thursday and Friday to review revised compromise language on stablecoin yield provisions in the market structure bill, three people familiar with the plans told CoinDesk. Industry representatives first viewed the compromise language, spearheaded by Senators Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.),…

Paradigm is building a prediction markets trading terminal aimed at professional traders and market makers, with partner Arjun Balaji leading the effort since late 2025. Venture capital firm Paradigm is developing a prediction markets trading terminal targeted at professional traders and market makers, according to Fortune. Paradigm partner Arjun Balaji is spearheading the project, which…

Bitcoin fell below $67,000, and Ether dropped over 4% as oil surged on renewed geopolitical tensions. Crypto markets slumped on Thursday as a fresh wave of risk-off sentiment swept across global markets following President Donald Trump’s pledge to continue military strikes against Iran. Bitcoin (BTC) is trading at around $66,900, down 1.7% over the past…

SoFi, a nationally chartered bank with 13.7M members and $50B+ in assets, launched an enterprise banking platform combining fiat and stablecoin services on Solana with 24/7 payment support. SoFi launched Big Business Banking, an enterprise platform on Solana that combines traditional fiat banking with stablecoin services on a single regulated platform. The nationally chartered bank,…

The partnership brings leveraged derivatives to one of crypto’s largest consumer distribution channels, targeting emerging-market users priced out of traditional brokerages. Wallet in Telegram has launched perpetual futures trading through a new integration with Lighter, the Ethereum-based decentralized exchange (DEX), the teams announced Thursday. The feature enables users to open long and short positions on…

Ethereum’s share of non-USD stablecoin supply has fallen from 90% in early 2023 to 65% as of February 2026, though it remains the primary issuance chain. Ethereum’s dominance in non-USD stablecoin supply has shrunk to 65% as of February 2026, down from 90% in early 2023, according to data published by Dune and Visa on…

The open standard for embedding payments into HTTP interactions aims to become the settlement layer for AI agent commerce, with over 20 founding members spanning tech, payments and crypto. The x402 protocol, Coinbase’s open standard for embedding stablecoin payments directly into web interactions, has officially moved to the Linux Foundation as the newly launched x402…