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U.S. Crypto Market Structure Bill Faces Impasse as Banks Reject Stablecoin Reward Proposal

March 5, 2026 100

WASHINGTON, March 5, 2026 — Negotiations over landmark U.S. cryptocurrency legislation have stalled after banks said they cannot support a White House-backed compromise on stablecoin rewards, raising uncertainty over whether Congress will pass a crypto market structure bill this year, according to a Reuters report.

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UK National Security Strategy Committee Chair Urges Temporary Ban on Crypto Political Donations

February 28, 2026 87

LONDON, February 24, 2026 — The chair of the UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy has called for an urgent temporary ban on political donations made in cryptocurrency, citing concerns about foreign interference in British elections, according to a report by The Guardian.

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Binance Seeks Corrections and Retraction From Wall Street Journal Over Sanctions Report

February 28, 2026 107

SINGAPORE, February 28, 2026 — Binance Chief Executive Officer Richard Teng said the company has sent a letter demanding immediate corrections and a full retraction of a Feb. 23 report by The Wall Street Journal that alleged internal investigators flagged more than $1 billion in cryptocurrency transactions linked to sanctioned Iranian entities and were later dismissed.

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CFTC Issues Advisory on Prediction Markets Following Kalshi Enforcement Matters

February 27, 2026 114

WASHINGTON, February 25, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said its Division of Enforcement has issued an advisory following the public release of two enforcement matters involving misuse of nonpublic information and fraud in prediction markets, also known as event contracts, traded on KalshiEX, a Designated Contract Market.

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ESMA Says Perpetual Futures Likely Fall Within Scope of EU CFD Measures

February 27, 2026 79

PARIS, February 24, 2026 — The European Securities and Markets Authority said in a press release that derivatives marketed as “perpetual futures” or “perpetual contracts” are likely to fall within the scope of national product intervention measures on contracts for differences (CFDs) where they meet the applicable definition.