CFTC Chair Michael Selig outlined a multi-point U.S. crypto oversight roadmap that includes launching true crypto perpetual futures within the next month and encouraging offshore liquidity to return onshore with stronger investor protections, MSB Intel reports. The plan calls for clear guidance on which digital wallets fall under CFTC jurisdiction, clarity on DeFi and onchain software regulatory treatment, and definitions of what constitutes an exchange or broker in decentralized markets. Selig also aims to modernize rules for onchain markets and is considering an innovation exemption to reduce reliance on enforcement-based regulation.

Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Ro Khanna introduced the Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act on Monday, proposing a 5% annual wealth tax on 938 U.S. billionaires with combined net worth of $8.2 trillion that could raise $4.4 trillion over 10 years, UC Berkeley economists estimate. The bill would fund a one-time $3,000 direct payment to individuals in households earning $150,000 or less, or $12,000 for a family of four, and finance expanded social programs including reversing Medicaid cuts, broadening Medicare to cover dental, vision and hearing, building 7 million affordable homes, capping childcare costs at 7% of family income, and setting a $60,000 minimum teacher salary. Under the proposal, Elon Musk would owe $42 billion based on his $833 billion net worth, while Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos would each face $11 billion in taxes, and Sanders said "we cannot continue a trend in which $79 trillion in wealth has been redistributed from the bottom 90% to the top 1% over the past 50 years."

Paraguay's National Electricity Administration signed a memorandum to explore Bitcoin mining as a potential national-level opportunity, the agency said. The plan involves working with Bitcoin miners to convert unused electricity into a new revenue engine for Paraguay.

A U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed with prejudice a class action lawsuit against Uniswap Labs and founder Hayden Adams over alleged scam tokens traded on the Uniswap protocol, court filings show. Judge Katherine Polk Failla ruled the plaintiffs failed to plausibly allege the defendants knew of the purported fraud or aided issuers of the scam tokens, leaving no viable claims after three separate complaints filed between April 2022 and May 2025. The case, which initially asserted 14 claims under federal securities laws before shifting to state-law theories, saw most defendants dismissed before only Uniswap and Adams remained. Adams described the outcome as a "good, sensible outcome."

CFTC Chairman Mike Selig said at a Washington event that the agency is developing a framework to permit genuine professional perpetual contracts in the U.S. within the next month, with an announcement expected soon, Odaily Planet Daily reports. He noted that earlier regulatory approaches had driven substantial corporate migration and liquidity overseas. The CFTC and SEC are jointly advancing digital asset policies under Project Crypto, including clearer guidance for DeFi developers and standards for prediction markets. SEC Chairman Paul Atkins said that while regulators are pursuing innovation exemptions to support industry experimentation, statutory certainty from Congress remains necessary and Senate negotiations on digital asset market transparency are ongoing.

CFTC Chair Michael Selig said fully perpetual crypto futures contracts could receive approval and begin trading in the U.S. within 30 days. The launch would bring a product historically dominated by offshore platforms such as Binance and Bybit into the U.S. market. Selig described the move as one of the most significant changes to U.S. crypto derivatives regulation in the industry's history.

The United States could introduce perpetual crypto futures within the next month, CFTC Chair Michael Selig said, MSB Intel reports. He noted such contracts may shift onshore after years of offshore market dominance.

Hong Kong will issue its first stablecoin issuer licenses in March under a new regulatory framework requiring full reserve backing, independent custody, and redemption at face value, Legislative Council member Ng Kitchung said. In the U.S., SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce said the agency is advancing changes to Rule 15c3-1 to apply a 2% capital haircut for payment stablecoins held by broker-dealers, clarifying that only U.S. dollar-denominated, fully reserved, audited, redeemable stablecoins issued by regulated entities would qualify. The moves signal stablecoins are being integrated into formal regulatory frameworks in major financial centers and treated as standardized components of the global financial system.