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Regulation By Enforcement Is Out at CFTC, Acting Chair Pham Says

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Acting Chair Caroline Pham said Tuesday the regulatory agency has reorganized its enforcement division to “refocus” on fraud and “stop regulation by enforcement.”
Under former Chairman Rostin Behnam, the CFTC’s Division of Enforcement had a variety of task forces, including one focused on insider trading, another focused on cybersecurity and emerging technologies and a third aimed at combatting environmental fraud. The new reorganization slims the number of task forces down to just two.
The newly-created Complex Fraud Task Force is tasked with handling the enforcement, from preliminary inquiries to litigations, of complex fraud and manipulation across all asset classes. Paul Hayeck, deputy director of the enforcement division, will be the Complex Fraud Task Force’s acting chief. The Retail Fraud and General Enforcement Task Force will handle retail fraud and general enforcement, and will be led by Charles Marvine, also a deputy director of the agency’s enforcement division.
“This simplified structure will stop regulation by enforcement and is more efficient,” Pham said in a press statement. “These much-needed changes will maximize the CFTC’s resources to bring more actions to pursue fraudsters and other bad actors, and not punish good citizens.”
According to the CFTC’s announcement, the new structure will “more efficiently utilize the CFTC’s resources to prevent fraud, manipulation and abuse and ensure market integrity” as well as “provide enhanced governance and oversight of enforcement matters to prevent overreach and enhance consistency, fairness and due process.”
The CFTC’s rejection of the so-called regulation by enforcement strategy pursued under the Biden Administration echoes the ongoing about-face at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the CFTC’s sister regulatory agency. Under current Acting Chair Mark Uyeda, the SEC has established a Crypto Task Force and disavowed the agency’s previous strategy of regulation by enforcement under former Chair Gary Gensler.
Read more: SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Lays Out 10 Priorities for New Crypto Task Force
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ARK Invest Sold $95M of Coinbase Shares After COIN’s Surge to Record Highs

ARK Invest offloaded nearly $43.8 million worth of shares of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN) on Monday.
The sale follows similar moves last week for a total of 270,984 COIN shares offloaded in the last three trading days, worth just under $95 million based on Monday’s closing price of $350.49.
Coinbase shares surged to a record high of over $380 on June 26, which necessitated the sales from ARK. Cathie Wood’s investment managing firm has a target weighing of its exchange-traded funds (ETFs), whereby no individual holding exceeds 10% of its total value.
This leads to a trend of ARK selling large numbers of particular shares when their prices rally and acquiring them when they dip.
ARK holds COIN in three of its ETFs: Innovation (ARKK), Next Generation Internet (ARKW) and Fintech Innovation (ARKF).
Read More: ARK Invest Continues to Dump Circle Shares, Buys Robinhood and Coinbase
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Germany’s Public Savings Bank Network Sparkassen to Offer Bitcoin Trading to Clients: Report

Sparkassen, a group of savings banks operating across Germany since the first established in Hamburg in 1778, has decided to introduce cryptocurrency trading services for their customers, according to a report by Bloomberg.
The group will enable private clients to trade cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH), directly through their mobile banking apps via the group’s securities platform, DekaBank, with the facility expected to go live by summer 2026.
The news comes months after DekaBank introduced crypto trading and custody services for institutional clients and represents the growing acceptance of digital assets within traditional banking systems.
The German Savings Bank Association (DSGV) reportedly backed the decision to enable crypto trading, citing growing demand and the prevalence of legal framework under the so-called European MiCAR Regulation.
Earlier this year, Matthias Diessl, president of the Savings Banks in Bavaria, said in a Bloomberg interview that savings banks should offer customers the opportunity to trade cryptocurrencies, deviating from a three-year-old committee recommendation cautioning against enabling crypto trading.
That said, despite warming up to the idea, DGSV still considers digital assets as highly speculative investments, according to Bloomberg.
Read more: Boerse Stuttgart Partners With DekaBank to Offer Crypto Trading for Institutional Clients
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Bitcoin ETP With DeFi Yield Goes Live in Europe

A bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded product (ETP) that generates yield from decentralized finance (DeFi) markets has debuted on Tuesday, in what issuer Fineqia calls a first of its kind.
The Fineqia Bitcoin Yield ETP (YBTC), listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange, targets a 6% annual yield by deploying investor capital into DeFi strategies. It is issued by Fineqia’s Liechtenstein-based subsidiary and advised by Psalion Yield, a digital asset investment firm focused on blockchain-based yield.
Unlike existing crypto yield ETPs that rely on derivatives or structured notes, YBTC maintains one-to-one exposure to bitcoin while generating returns directly from DeFi protocols.
“It allows investors to earn more BTC while they hold it, combining long-term conviction with compounding returns, all inside a regulated wrapper,” said Fineqia CEO, Bundeep Singh Rangar.
The ETP also supports in-kind transfers, meaning that digital asset holders can contribute BTC directly to the product without the need to first convert into cash incurring a taxable event.
YBTC arrives at a time when investor interest in crypto-focused investments is growing. These investment products has brought digital assets closer to traditional investors, allowing them to invest in digital assets in a familiar way through brokerage accounts without the need of crypto wallets and blockchain transactions.
Bitcoin exchange-traded products enjoyed rapid growth over the past year and have gobbled up $150 billion of assets, Fineqia said.
Read more: BlackRock to List Bitcoin ETP in Europe in First Crypto Foray Outside U.S.
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