Japan will classify cryptocurrencies as financial instruments, banning insider trading, mandating issuer disclosures and raising penalties for unregistered firms.


Japan will classify cryptocurrencies as financial instruments, banning insider trading, mandating issuer disclosures and raising penalties for unregistered firms.

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The CFTC approved Kalshi’s BTCPERP and gave Coinbase relief for some Deribit access—bringing bitcoin perps onshore, with key limits still unresolved.
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U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs logged a record nine-day outflow streak, with $2.8B redeemed as BTC lags surging AI stocks—signaling weaker risk appetite.
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