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Do You Still Need Money Transmitter Licenses?

The opinion editorial Part 3 of “Stablecoins After the GENIUS Act: A Practical Legal Guide for Businesses” written below was written by Michael Handelsman for Kelman.Law. The GENIUS Act creates a federal framework for issuing payment stablecoins, but it does not eliminate money-transmission regulation for every business that handles them. Exchanges, wallets, payment processors, and…

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CFTC faces lawsuit after allowing perpetual futures trading on U.S. stocks

A group backed by Cboe and Citadel Securities has sued the CFTC to block single-stock perpetual futures, arguing that the products fall under SEC jurisdiction. Summary Cboe and Citadel Securities-backed Capital Markets Alliance has sued the CFTC over single-stock perpetual futures approvals. The lawsuit argues that single-stock perpetual contracts qualify as security-based swaps under SEC…

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Binance’s $6.3B hack could have been prevented, CoinEx founder claims

CoinEx founder Haipo Yang has accused Binance of failing to follow three basic security practices that he believes could have prevented the $6.3 billion cryptocurrency theft on October 29. Summary CoinEx founder Haipo Yang has identified three security weaknesses he believes contributed to Binance’s $6.3 billion hack. Yang criticized inadequate separation of work environments, weak…

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