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CFTC Staff Confirms Certain Crypto Perpetuals as Foreign Futures
WASHINGTON, May 29, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Market Participants Division issued an interpretation confirming that certain crypto-asset perpetual contracts offered on Deribit FZE may be categorized as foreign…
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CFTC Approves Kalshi Bitcoin Perpetual Futures Contract
WASHINGTON, May 29, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved KalshiEX LLC’s BTCPERP Contract, a perpetual futures contract that references the spot price of bitcoin, allowing the product to be…
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CFTC Sets Regulatory Expectations for 24/7 Trading and Clearing Operations
WASHINGTON, May 29, 2026 — Staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Clearing and Risk, Division of Market Oversight, and Market Participants Division issued an advisory outlining regulatory expectations…
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CFTC Concludes Gemini Enforcement Complaint Should Not Have Been Filed
WASHINGTON, May 27, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Wednesday it joined Gemini Trust Company LLC in a motion for relief from judgment in a long-running enforcement case,…
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CFTC Charges Google Employee in Polymarket Insider Trading Case
WASHINGTON, May 27, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Wednesday it filed a civil enforcement action against a Google employee accused of using confidential internal search-trend data to…
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Singapore Revokes Bsquared Payment Institution Licence After Compliance Failures
SINGAPORE, May 20, 2026 — The Monetary Authority of Singapore revoked the Major Payment Institution licence of Bsquared Technology Pte. Ltd. with effect from May 14, prohibiting the company from…
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Hong Kong SFC Revises Rules for Funds With Virtual Asset Exposure
HONG KONG, May 27, 2026 — Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission revised its requirements for SFC-authorised investment funds with virtual asset exposure, setting out the conditions under which funds…
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Hong Kong Concludes Consultation on Virtual Asset Advisory and Management Regimes
HONG KONG, May 26, 2026 — Hong Kong’s Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau and the Securities and Futures Commission said Tuesday they had concluded a consultation on proposed regulatory…
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UK Sanctions Huobi Global, EXMO in Russia-Linked Crypto Crackdown
LONDON, May 26, 2026 — The UK government added 18 individuals and entities to its Russia sanctions list on Tuesday, including crypto firms Huobi Global S.A., EXMO Exchange Limited, Bitpapa…
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Indonesia Blocks Polymarket as Authorities Classify Prediction Markets as Online Gambling
JAKARTA, May 22, 2026 — Indonesia’s Communication and Digital Affairs Ministry said it had blocked access to prediction-market platform Polymarket after classifying the service as a form of online gambling…
Alexander Covtun
Alexander Covtun is the founder and chief editor of CryptoMegaphone, an independent digital newsroom covering cryptocurrency regulation, market structure, and institutional adoption. He directs editorial policy, publication standards, and platform development, maintaining a strictly factual, event-driven reporting framework.
His coverage focus includes regulatory disclosures, supervisory actions, cross-border coordination, exchange oversight, ETF structures, and digital-asset market infrastructure. He oversees the publication’s editorial architecture, visual identity system, and newsroom workflow.
