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The crypto industry tried to seize the chance to legislate massive deregulation once President Donald Trump started his second term. AP Photo/Mark Humphrey

September 24, 2026

How Trump’s crypto winnings undermined the industry’s push for looser regulation

Lee Reiners, Duke University

The crypto industry scored a series of wins in 2025, only to see its top legislative goal fail in 2026.

People wager on potential Democratic presidential candidates on the predictions market site Polymarket on Feb. 25, 2026. Scott Olson/Getty Images

June 16, 2026

Prediction markets are opening many new opportunities for unregulated insider trading and unethical bets – in the name of making a game out of politics

Matt Motta, Boston University and Robert Ralston, University of Birmingham

The rapidly growing popularity of prediction markets is sparking worries about the markets’ effects on US politics, where campaign staff has bet on its candidate’s electoral performance.

April 4, 2023

What Binance’s US lawsuit says about the future for cryptocurrency regulation

Andrew Urquhart, University of Reading and Hossein Jahanshahloo, Cardiff University

US regulators are beginning bringing more enforcement actions against crypto firms, with the latest targeting top exchange Binance.

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Andrew Urquhart
Professor of Finance & Financial Technology, University of Reading
Hossein Jahanshahloo
Assistant Professor in Finance, Cardiff University
Matt Motta
Associate Professor of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University
Robert Ralston
Lecturer in Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham
Lee Reiners
Director of Global Financial Markets Center, Duke University

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