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Michelle Bond, the wife of former FTX Digital Markets co-chief executive Ryan Salame, is scheduled to face trial on Nov. 9.

CME Group plans to challenge the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in court over the regulator's decision to approve perpetual futures products in the United States.

Saif Faiq, a 22-year-old from St. Louis, has pleaded guilty to his role in an attempted bitcoin robbery and kidnapping scheme linked to the theft of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency.

A Manhattan federal court has scheduled a December 7 trial for Gannon Van Dyke, the US Army soldier accused of using classified information to profit from trades on prediction market platform Polymarket.

Prediction market platform Kalshi is facing additional scrutiny after the Better Business Bureau's National Advertising Division referred the company to regulatory authorities over concerns related to influencer marketing disclosures.

Former FTX chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried has formally applied for a presidential pardon from US President Donald Trump as he continues efforts to overturn his criminal conviction stemming from the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange.

A court in Qingdao, China, has ruled that Bitcoin qualifies as property under criminal law, establishing an important legal precedent in a cryptocurrency theft case involving 107 BTC.

Prediction markets including Kalshi and Polymarket are facing mounting legal uncertainty as US federal and state regulators clash over whether the platforms should be treated as financial exchanges or gambling operations.

Polymarket filed to launch parlay-style prediction market contracts in the United States, expanding its push into sports-related event trading as regulators intensify scrutiny of the sector.

Liquidators handling the collapse of Mirror Trading International said they have received 9,441 claims worth nearly $395 million against an estate now valued at approximately $35.8 million.