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SEC-CFTC Jurisdiction

Coordination and boundary-setting between the SEC and CFTC over which crypto assets are securities, including Project Crypto and Regulation Crypto Assets.

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investConfirmed3 publishers

SEC clears Cboe to list $1 binary options on Coinbase, MARA and Robinhood metrics

SEC approved exchange-listed binary options that settle in cash on reported metrics at Coinbase, MARA and Robinhood. Chairman Paul Atkins said the order leaves CFTC oversight of differently structured products untouched, so event-style contracts now have a securities track and a CFTC track.

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers
Builder
Builder 15%
Operator
Operator 42%
Investor
Investor 43%

Reality

Evidence70
Adoption
Insufficient
Hype gap+10
Incentives40
Confidence72
productOne report1 publisher

The CLARITY Act stalled eleven votes short of a Senate floor debate

A 49-50 cloture vote left the crypto market-structure bill short of the 60 needed to open debate, so the SEC/CFTC jurisdictional split it would have created stays unwritten. Roadmaps dated against it now wait on a motion that failed its first vote.

Publishers:gizmodo.com

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption20
Hype gap+25
Incentives82
Confidence66