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SEC Approves Nasdaq PHLX Proposal to List Bitcoin Index Options
WASHINGTON, May 22, 2026 — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved a proposal by Nasdaq PHLX LLC to list and trade cash-settled options tied to the Nasdaq Bitcoin Index,…
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CFTC and NHL Establish Information-Sharing Framework for Event-Contract Markets
WASHINGTON, May 21, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the National Hockey League said Thursday they had signed a memorandum of understanding establishing a framework for information sharing…
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SEC Proposes Broad Registered Offering and Public Company Reporting Reforms
WASHINGTON, May 19, 2026 — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday proposed sweeping amendments to the rules governing registered securities offerings and public-company reporting requirements, in what the…
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CFTC Issues New Enforcement Cooperation and Declination Framework
WASHINGTON, May 19, 2026 — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Tuesday issued a new enforcement cooperation policy establishing formal standards for voluntary self-reporting, cooperation credit, remediation and potential…
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CFTC Sues Minnesota Over State Prediction Market Ban
WASHINGTON, May 19, 2026 — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Tuesday sued the state of Minnesota to block a newly enacted law that would criminalize the operation of…
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SEC Rescinds No-Deny Settlement Policy in Enforcement Actions
WASHINGTON, May 18, 2026 — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday it had rescinded a decades-old policy requiring defendants settling enforcement actions to agree not to publicly deny…
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So Saito on Japan’s Digital Asset Regulatory Architecture and Institutional Market Development
So Saito is the founding partner of So & Sato Law Offices, a boutique Japanese law firm focused on Web3, fintech, startups, investment funds, and M&A.
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FCA and Bank of England Set Out Joint Vision for Tokenised Wholesale Markets
LONDON, May 18, 2026 — The Financial Conduct Authority and the Bank of England on Monday set out a joint long-term vision for the use of tokenisation and distributed ledger technology in UK wholesale financial…
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The CLARITY Act and the Architecture of U.S. Digital Asset Supervision
The Senate Banking Committee’s advancement of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act marks a further shift in U.S. digital asset policy from interpretive enforcement toward statutory market structure design.
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FCA, Bank of England and Treasury Warn on Cyber Risks From Frontier AI
LONDON, May 15, 2026 — The Financial Conduct Authority, Bank of England and HM Treasury said Friday that frontier artificial intelligence models are increasing cyber risks facing regulated financial firms…
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.
