Circle told the European Commission that only 3 of the world's top 25 stablecoins are authorized under MiCA, in its response to the law's review. Circle issues two of the three, and it ties the gap to bank-deposit and concentration rules it wants loosened.
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The $480bn it waves at the SEC and CFTC is under a tenth of its own venue's volume, and the onshore category it wants to enter is one CME only reopened in July.
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Selected Hyperliquid perpetuals would trade inside a CFTC-regulated venue Payward bought for as much as $550 million, which is about 14% of one day of Hyperliquid volume. The contract list is the product.
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Three HPC filings in four days argue perpetual contracts belong at the center of the CFTC's agenda, while CME's June suit asks a federal court to call the same product a swap rather than a future. Kalshi's approved contract sits between them.
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HPC and trade[XYZ] want energy perpetuals on WTI, Brent and Henry Hub without new legislation. The letter's own numbers show weekend price discovery, not hedging size.
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The GENIUS Act proposal extends liability to exchanges and intermediaries, including offshore firms touching U.S. customers, and demands documented due diligence on foreign issuers.
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A joint comment filed on the last day of the window argues Reg NMS Rule 611's national benchmark cannot govern trades that settle at a block boundary. The SEC now decides.
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