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Foresight News reported that Chainlink tweeted that Vladimir Novakovski, founder of Lighter, announced at the SmartCon 2025 conference that he has chosen Chainlink as its official oracle provider.

Foresight News reported, according to Financefeeds, that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a civil enforcement lawsuit against crypto investment firm Wolf Capital Crypto and its founder Travis Ford, accusing them of operating a fraudulent investment scheme and raising over $10 million from retail investors. The lawsuit has been submitted to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, and the complaint states that the company operated a Ponzi scheme structure, with promised daily returns not backed by any actual trading activity. According to a previous report by Foresight News, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Wolf Capital Crypto founder Travis Ford has been sentenced to five years in prison for defrauding investors in a Ponzi scheme, and has been ordered to pay over $1 million in forfeiture and more than $170,000 in restitution.

Foresight News reported, according to an official announcement on the CFTC website, Michael Selig has been sworn in as Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). In his statement, Michael Selig said, "We are at a unique moment: a wide range of emerging technologies, products, and platforms are constantly appearing, retail participation in commodity markets has reached a historic high, and Congress is about to submit the Digital Asset Market Structure Bill to the President, which will solidify the United States' position as a global center for cryptocurrency. I am honored to accept the significant responsibility of overseeing the stability and security of the U.S. commodity derivatives market during this period of rapid transformation." Previously, Michael Selig served as Chief Legal Advisor to the SEC's cryptocurrency working group and as Senior Advisor to Chairman Paul Atkins.