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Kalshi partners with StarCompliance to let employers monitor prediction market trades
Kalshi, the CFTC-regulated prediction market operator, has partnered with the compliance vendor StarCompliance to give financial firms a way to track employee trading on the platform in real time. Prediction markets are facing mounting scrutiny from federal regulators and Congress over insider trading risks, but now compliance teams can flag suspicious trades as they happen,...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Jun 17
Bitcoin Rodney pleads guilty to conspiracy charge in $1.8 billion HyperFund fraud
Rodney Burton, popularly known as “Bitcoin Rodney,” pleaded guilty for his role in the $1.8 billion HyperFund cryptocurrency fraud in a federal court yesterday, June 16. U.S. Attorney Kelly O. Hayes announced the guilty plea alongside Kareem Carter, the IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge, and Pete Gizas, the HSI New York Special Agent...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Jun 17
Two altcoins to watch as DeFi market cap nears $70B
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) tokens exhibit mixed signals on Wednesday, with Uniswap (UNI) slightly pulling back from an early-week rally to highs around $3.73, while Aster (ASTER) extends its recovery near $0.80. Bitcoin (BTC) holds above $65,000 following a rejection at June highs around $67,000.
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Wed, Jun 17
Trace Finance raises $32 million series A fund to expand stablecoin infrastructure
Cross-border payments solutions company, Trace Finance, has raised $32 million in a Series A round led by CoinFund to expand its stablecoin settlement infrastructure beyond Brazil into wider Latin American and Asia-Pacific markets. The round involved big players like Coinbase Ventures, Paxos, and Chainlink Labs, and intends to use this investment to better its stablecoin...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Jun 17
Private-market documents get on-chain verification as Inveniam and Docugami target AI’s data trust gap
Inveniam, the data infrastructure company that anchors more than $200 billion in private-market assets on-chain, has moved to close an industry gap with its latest partnership with Docugami. Both parties have come together to bring verifiable, element-level document data to real-world assets. Like most sectors, artificial intelligence has found its way into private markets; however,...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Jun 17
US government invests 500M in SandboxAQ for AI driven chip materials
The Trump administration will become a shareholder in SandboxAQ and award it $500 million to develop chemicals and materials for American chip plants, according to the Commerce Department’s announcement on Wednesday. The work includes substitutes for PFAS compounds and rare earth inputs bought overseas, while the package comes from President Donald Trump’s use of research...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Jun 17
Australia's High Court unanimously rules Block Earner's crypto yield product required a financial license
Australia’s corporate regulator, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), tasted victory in its legal challenge of a now-discontinued Block Earner fixed-yield crypto product when the High Court submitted a 7-0 ruling in its favor today, June 17. The court’s unanimous decision means that Block Earner is now being considered for running a financial product...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Jun 17
Ripple Price Forecast: XRP falls below $1.20 despite Africa stablecoin payments push
Ripple (XRP) remains weak on Wednesday as investors cautiously await the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) interest rate decision. Market participants have fully priced in the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) rate decision, with nearly unanimous expectations of no change.
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Wed, Jun 17
US Congress strikes deal on housing bill that would ban a digital dollar through 2030
Leaders of the Senate Banking and House Financial Services committees have announced a bicameral agreement on the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act that includes a provision prohibiting the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) until at least 2030. The restriction widens the policy gap between Washington and the European Central...Cryptopolitan
Wed, Jun 17
Bitcoin's 'digital gold' narrative lags as central banks swap dollar for gold in 2026
A record 45% of the 76 central banks surveyed by the World Gold Council say they'll add to their own gold reserves over the next 12 months, more than double the 20% share recorded back in 2020.Cryptopolitan
Wed, Jun 17
Crypto Today: Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP trim breakout gains as focus shifts to Fed decision
Cryptocurrency prices broadly decline as investors show caution toward risk assets ahead of the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) interest rate decision on Wednesday. Bitcoin (BTC) holds around $65,000 after correcting from its Monday high of $67,292.
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