The Thai SEC has filed a criminal lawsuit against OKX, accusing it of operating without a license

According to BlockBeats, on April 10th, Caroline D. Pham, acting chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), expressed support for the Department of Justice's announcement to terminate its policy of regulating the cryptocurrency industry through prosecution, and instructed the CFTC not to file lawsuits for violating the registration provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act in digital asset related cases without the defendant's subjective intent. In addition, she has adjusted the functions of law enforcement departments to promote the rapid resolution of compliance backlog cases that do not involve customer harm or market abuse.

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Quantum Cats NFTs saw a steep floor price drop after the Taproot Wizards mint incentive ended, unlike other Bitcoin NFT collections that remained relatively stable.The following is an excerpt from The Block’s Data and Insights newsletter.

The leading centralized NFT marketplace is pushing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to clarify that NFT marketplaces do not qualify as exchanges or brokers under federal securities laws.OpenSea General Counsel Adele Faure and Deputy General Counsel Laura Brookover made the argument in a letter to Commissioner Hester M. Peirce on Wednesday.

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