LN Markets

LN Markets, the first Lightning Network powered #bitcoin derivatives trading platform, is now live on Mainnet! lnmarkets.com No email or registration needed, you can connect your funds instantly and trade with any Lightning Wallet.

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🪙🗓️ Economic Calendar: Thu 19 March, 2026

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@Versie21M @TFTC21 📝

The CFTC just told self-custodial wallet developers they don't need to register as brokers. Phantom Wallet received a no-action letter stating the CFTC will not pursue enforcement against self-custodial wallet developers who connect users to regulated trading venues, as long as they don't custody user funds. First time the agency has formally drawn that line. Here's why this is massive: Under existing U.S. law, any entity that solicits or facilitates derivatives trading typically must register as an introducing broker with the CFTC. That rule was written for traditional finance intermediaries. But as self-custodial wallets started integrating access to derivatives markets, developers faced a legal gray area that could have classified them as unregistered brokers simply for writing software. The CFTC's position was, if your wallet software connects users to properly registered futures commission merchants, introducing brokers, or designated contract markets, and you don't custody user funds, you are not a broker. You're a software provider. The timing is not coincidental. One week ago, CFTC Chairman Mike Selig said at FIA's Boca Raton conference, "For too long, there has been an open question as to whether software providers trigger the CFTC's registration requirements. We intend to address this question head-on." Seven days later, they did. This matters far beyond Phantom. Every self-custodial wallet developer and every open-source protocol interface that connects users to regulated markets now has a reference point. Write software, don't custody funds, route through registered intermediaries, and the CFTC will not come after you. For context, the previous administration used ambiguous intermediary rules as a weapon against developers. Tornado Cash developers were prosecuted. Frontends shut down preemptively. The chilling effect pushed builders offshore. This no-action letter, combined with Selig ending "the days of CFTC-SEC infighting" through Project Crypto, signals a complete reversal. The U.S. is actively trying to bring developers back.

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🪙🗓️ Economic Calendar Wed 18 March, 2026

every day at 3 PM when US markets open I ask Claude “How’s Bitcoin looking today?” Then I immediately 50x long or short on @LNMarkets based on whatever he says. I'm down $5,000 in a week

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🪙🗓️ Economic Calendar: Tue 17 March, 2026

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