This blog post highlights key trends in futures and derivatives for 2025, including regulatory changes promoting digital assets, increased integration of crypto with traditional finance, the adoption of DeFi protocols, potential tax and legal reforms, and efforts to harmonize global regulatory standards.
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On Nov. 26, 2024, in what has been deemed a win for open-source technology, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed the district court’s ruling in Van

Continue Reading Fifth Circuit Rejects OFAC Sanction of Tornado Cash Crypto Code

On Jan. 25, 2024, the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Division of Financial Institutions (DFI) and the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation (collectively, the “Agencies”) jointly issued a press

Continue Reading Hawaii’s Money Transmitters Modernization Act Will No Longer Apply to Cryptocurrency Activities

U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Reps. Wiley Nickel (D-NC) and Mike Flood (R-NE) are working to overturn a controversial Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) staff accounting bulletin, SAB 121

Continue Reading Lawmakers Introduce Resolution to Nullify SEC’s Crypto Accounting Bulletin