CME Group announced plans to sue the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) over its recent approval of bitcoin perpetual futures, arguing these contracts should be classified as swaps, not futures, under the Dodd-Frank Act. CME's CEO Terrence Duffy claims the CFTC rushed the approval process and that perpetual futures require different regulatory treatment. The lawsuit challenges the CFTC's decision to allow Kalshi and Coinbase to offer these products in the U.S., which CME sees as a threat to its exclusive market benchmarks. The CFTC has dismissed the lawsuit as frivolous and defends its move to regulate crypto derivatives domestically. This legal battle highlights ongoing regulatory uncertainty in the U.S. crypto derivatives market.
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A New York Supreme Court case over ownership of 3.8 million dormant bitcoins worth $293 billion faces new challenges as onchain data reveals billions of dollars in bitcoin moving from wallets named in the lawsuit. Plaintiffs claim the wallets were ab...
