In the latest update on the FTX saga, the SEC confirmed Caroline Ellison had consented to a officer-and-director bar, preventing her from leading any companies for 10 years.
Turner Wright
Turner Wright is a senior policy reporter at Cointelegraph, focusing on US laws and regulations related to digital assets. He writes features and news stories for the website and Cointelegraph Magazine, and is sometimes featured in one of the publication’s podcast series. He holds a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and started as a freelance journalist covering issues in Japan and around the world, joining the Cointelegraph team in 2020. Turner has no crypto holdings above Cointelegraph’s disclosure threshold of $1,000.
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Pro-crypto US Senator Lummis won’t seek reelection in 2026 Cynthia Lummis is one of the key Republicans responsible for pushing members of Congress to pass a crypto market structure bill under consideration in the Senate.
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Samourai co-founder claims Biden-era lawfare in calling for Trump pardon Keonne Rodriguez said on social media that he will report to prison on Friday to begin his five-year sentence for operating an illegal money transmitter.
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Polish parliament approves revived crypto bill, heads to Senate The legislation, which many have criticized for being overly restrictive for the digital asset market, was reintroduced with “not even a comma” changed, according to one lawmaker.
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Brazilian stock exchange to launch tokenization platform and stablecoin A representative from Brazil's stock exchange, B3, said the stablecoin would be “a tool to enable trading in tokens," which it planned to offer in 2026.
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Intuit to use Circle’s stablecoin for financial platforms The company’s stablecoin infrastructure and USDC coin will be part of the deal, potentially to be embedded in Intuit’s financial platforms.
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Coinbase gets nod from Indian regulators to acquire CoinDCX stake The regulatory approval followed an October notice from Coinbase saying that the exchange would be investing an undisclosed amount into the Indian exchange.
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Acting CFTC chair to join MoonPay after leaving agency The sole remaining CFTC commissioner, Caroline Pham, said earlier this year that she would leave the agency after the US Senate confirms a replacement.
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Ex-Alameda CEO won’t be spending the holidays in federal prison With about two months remaining until her expected release date, former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison has been transferred out of federal prison.
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Silvergate Bank lawsuit calls for FTX, Alameda clients to weigh in on $10M settlement More than 46,000 claimants could potentially receive a payout from a court-approved settlement involving the FTX-tied Silvergate Bank, which shuttered in 2023.
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US senator questions DeFi oversight amid crypto bill delay With the US Senate set to break for the holidays, Senator Elizabeth Warren asked Justice and Treasury Department officials to disclose any potential investigations into the DeFi platform.
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SEC ends probe into Aave after four years, CEO Kulechov says According to a letter posted by the protocol’s founder and CEO, the US agency does “not intend to recommend an enforcement action” against Aave.
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UK crypto ownership dropped to 8% in 2025: YouGov poll While a poll suggested that the percentage of crypto ownership dropped in the UK, the share of respondents holding larger-value crypto portfolios increased.
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SEC commissioner says crypto is ‘helping to nudge reassessment’ on privacy The SEC's crypto task force held its sixth roundtable event, hosting representatives from digital asset advocacy groups and other organizations.
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SEC has dismissed or paused most crypto enforcement cases under Trump: Report The financial regulator dropped several cases against crypto companies in 2025, and is reportedly “no longer actively pursuing a single case against a firm with known Trump ties.”
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Crypto ATM operator to expand to Texas, citing friendly regulation Bitcoin Bancorp will join Bitcoin Depot, CoinFlip, and others offering crypto ATMs to the Lone Star State, which has begun gaining Bitcoin exposure via ETFs
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Pyth to launch reserve using buybacks from DAO treasury funds The network’s reserve will consist of purchases of the network’s native PYTH token, utilizing about 33% of the protocol’s revenue through the DAO.
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Paxos, Ripple, Circle and others secure US trust bank approvals The conditional approvals clear a path for major crypto companies to operate as national trust banks under the supervision of the US OCC.
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Terraform co-founder sentenced to 15 years in prison after guilty plea A federal judge heard statements from some of Terraform Labs’ and Do Kwon’s victims for hours before deciding on the co-founder’s sentence.
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Netflix teases comedy movie about missing $35M crypto password The film, titled "One Attempt Remaining," about a couple trying to regain access to millions of dollars worth of crypto, mirrors real-world crypto dilemmas.
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Vote on Trump’s CFTC chair pick could come Thursday, US senator says Senators could vote on Michael Selig’s nomination to head the CFTC, which, if successful, is expected to lead to the departure of acting Chair Caroline Pham.
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US SEC’s Crenshaw takes aim at crypto in final weeks at agency Caroline Crenshaw, the financial agency’s sole remaining Democratic commissioner, is expected to depart in January, 18 months after her official term ended.
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Galaxy expands into UAE as part of Middle East push The digital assets company is one of many to seek regulatory approval from UAE authorities or attempt to expand their services into a region drawing them in.
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Teachers union claims risks to retirement funds in crypto market structure The letter to the US Senate Banking Committee cited opposition to the digital asset market structure bill, echoing concerns from other labor groups.
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New ETF proposal bets Bitcoin returns are made after hours ETF analyst Eric Balchuas said there was a chance that such an investment vehicle “could put up better [returns]” based on BTC price moves after trading hours.
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UK crypto lobbying group joins Digital Chamber in cross-border policy push The partnership between the two advocacy groups was the latest move in efforts by US and UK policymakers to work closer together on crypto regulation.
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Senator Lummis anticipates crypto market structure markup next week “Our staffs are exhausted,” said the Wyoming senator at the Blockchain Association Policy Summit on Tuesday, speaking on the progress of the crypto bill.
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US judge asks for clarification on Do Kwon’s foreign charges The Terraform Labs co-founder could face up to 40 years in prison in South Korea, but a judge questioned whether the country would ignore his US sentence.
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Watchdog asks for crypto industry feedback on UK investment reforms The Financial Conduct Authority asked for companies linked to digital assets to weigh in on policy proposals in February and March 2026.
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BlackRock files with SEC for listing of staked Ether ETF The fund, if approved by the SEC, would give BlackRock investors indirect exposure to staked Ether, one of the industry’s first following the 2024 approval of spot Ether ETFs.