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View More NewsIn brief The CFTC appointed crypto defense attorney David Miller to lead its enforcement division. The division has seen major staff cuts, as the CFTC massively pulls back enforcement under President Trump. The CFTC has simultaneously sought to greatly expand its purview to include crypto and prediction markets. The CFTC announced Monday that its enforcement division, which has endured heavy cuts in the last year, will be led by a white-collar defense attorney with extensive experience representing crypto industry clients.The attorney, David Miller, was most recently a litigation partner at multinational law firm Greenberg Traurig, where he represented crypto-focused clients…
In brief Polkadot, Near, and Jupiter are among the altcoins that have clocked double-digit gains over the past week. The altcoin rally follows Bitcoin’s 4.7% recovery from a $63,000 low triggered by the U.S.-led attack on Iran. For this rally to transition into a sustained uptrend, experts cited a combination of renewed liquidity and the dissipation of uncertainty due to macro and geopolitical events. Altcoins including Near Protocol, Polkadot and Jupiter have posted double-digit gains over the past week, far outpacing Bitcoin as traders rotated into higher-beta assets following the leading crypto’s attempted recovery.Near Protocol jumped 19.4% over the past…
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