March was the “weakest month" with $800 billion in centralized crypto exchange trading volume, the lowest since November 2023.
Jesse Coghlan
Jesse Coghlan is a staff editor at Cointelegraph and a member of the Asia-Pacific newsdesk. He joined the publication in 2022 and reports on court cases and government policy related to cryptocurrency, with a focus on making complex legal and regulatory topics accessible to readers. Prior to joining Cointelegraph, Coghlan worked as a freelance journalist covering crime and civil unrest and has experience producing and co-hosting a podcast focused on crypto news.
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Kalshi joins Polymarket in sweeping user bans to head off insider trading Kalshi and Polymarket have moved to restrict insider trading on the same day lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill to ban popular sports event contracts.
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CFTC staff clarify expectations on using crypto as collateral The Commodity Futures Trading Commission staff has provided answers to frequently asked questions about the agency’s expectations around a crypto collateral pilot.
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US ban on stablecoin yield could see others fill the void: Ledger exec Ledger’s Asia-Pacific lead, Takatoshi Shibayama, has added his take as crypto and banks continue to debate whether to allow third-party platforms to offer stablecoin yields.
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Embattled crypto lender BlockFills files for bankruptcy in US BlockFills has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US after suspending deposits and withdrawals last month, citing deteriorating crypto market conditions.
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Kalshi preemptively sues Iowa, claiming risk of enforcement action Kalshi claims in a preemptive lawsuit that there is “a substantial risk” that Iowa will take action against it after a meeting it had with state regulators.
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Binance.US names new CEO as crypto exchange eyes expansion Stephen Gregory, a former compliance executive at CEX.IO and Gemini, has taken over as CEO of Binance.US, a crypto exchange that was once a target of a long-running SEC lawsuit.
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US prosecutors seek Roman Storm retrial after mixed verdict Manhattan US Attorney Jay Clayton asked a judge to schedule a retrial in October for Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm on two charges where the jury failed to reach a verdict.
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AI firm Anthropic sues Trump admin over ‘supply chain risk’ label Anthropic is the first US company the Pentagon has labeled a risk to the military, with the AI company calling it “unprecedented and unlawful.”