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BlockBeats News, December 27th, New York Comex Silver surged 7% intraday to $76.71 per ounce.

According to Odaily, Danish Tax Minister Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen has publicly expressed strong dissatisfaction regarding the prediction market platform Polymarket launching betting contracts involving war, geopolitics, and other events. She stated that the possibility of restricting or even shutting down the platform's operations in Denmark is currently under review. Reports indicate that Polymarket is currently valued at over $8 billion, allowing users to place crypto asset bets on a wide range of events. In addition to regular topics such as Federal Reserve decisions, sports events, and elections, the platform also covers highly sensitive issues like "Ukraine ceasefire," "Will Trump acquire Greenland," and "figures related to the Epstein files." According to BT.dk data, approximately 376 million Danish kroner have been wagered on the Ukraine ceasefire event, and about 33 million Danish kroner on "Trump taking over Greenland." Halsboe-Jørgensen pointed out that, in her view, the platform "uses the misfortune of others as a betting ground," and contracts related to war and conflict are "particularly concerning." She stated: "Betting on death and destruction, and trading with cryptocurrency, is completely contrary to all the values I uphold." She emphasized that if Danish users participate in such bets, which involve issues of national sovereignty and the safety of others' lives, the government has a responsibility to take action. The report notes that Danish regulators are currently assessing whether Polymarket violates domestic laws and are exploring regulatory or blocking measures to restrict its accessibility in Denmark. This move has once again sparked discussions among European countries regarding the ethical and regulatory boundaries of Web3 prediction markets. (Crowdfund Insider)

On December 27, it was reported that in the second year of the Trump administration, the landscape of US crypto regulation began to shift. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) moved from a jurisdictional struggle to close cooperation, jointly advancing crypto regulation. SEC Chairman Paul Atkins promoted a token classification system, Project Crypto, and an innovative exemption mechanism, and approved listing standards for multiple types of crypto ETFs, making asset tokenization a regulatory focus. The CFTC accelerated rule clarification through Crypto Sprint, and the new chairman, Michael Selig, is expected to play a key role in the regulation of crypto commodities such as bitcoin. Industry insiders believe that by 2026, US crypto regulation will present a dual-track pattern of SEC institutional innovation and CFTC-led market expansion.