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Today’s highlights
- CFTC sues Cash FX, alleges $950M crypto-linked forex scheme — 2026-09-26
- The CFTC claimed that Cash FX engaged in minimal forex trading and misappropriated most of the participant funds.
- Solana’s 150-millisecond settlement upgrade reaches second public test network — 2026-09-26
- Alpenglow is running on both public test networks, giving application teams a place to check their software before the live blockchain switches.
- XRP Ledger’s Batch upgrade slips to Oct. 9 after validator support resets — 2026-09-26
- The feature would let users bundle up to eight transactions, including asset-and-payment transfers, but a brief drop below the network’s 80% support threshold restarted its two-week activation clock.
- Bitcoin could soon get Zcash-style ‘shielded’ privacy without changing its rules — 2026-09-26
- Researchers have mapped out private bitcoin-denominated transfers that run alongside Bitcoin, but the system still lacks a finished way to lock up real BTC and release it again.
- U.S. SEC’s steadiest crypto advocate, Hester Peirce, to depart next week — 2026-09-25
- The long-anticipated exit of the commissioner sometimes known as Crypto Mom is Oct. 2, announced as the agency was sending out its latest crypto work.
- Another appeals court rules against prediction market provider Kalshi, says sports contracts are subject to state regulations — 2026-09-25
- A Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled that prediction markets’ sports-related events contracts are not swaps, and therefore aren’t subject to federal regulatory oversight.
- OG.com seeks CFTC approval for single-stock perpetual futures — 2026-09-25
- OG.com, recently spun out of Crypto.com, joins Coinbase, Kalshi and Kraken parent Payward in seeking approval to bring perpetual futures to individual US stocks.
- Ex-CFTC leader to leave Blockchain Association after CLARITY vote fails — 2026-09-25
- Former CFTC Commissioner Summer Mersinger joined the Blockchain Association in 2025 after resigning during her second term at the federal commodities regulator.