CFTC taps new adviser with digital currency regulation experience
CFTC Commissioner Caroline D. Pham has appointed Keaghan Ames as counselor & senior policy advisor. Ames has experience in advising on digital currency regulatory issues.
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Regulatory crypture: FTX pins ‘light touch’ hopes on CFTC
Controversial “crypto” exchange FTX hopes the CFTC will vanquish the SEC in the regulatory turf war over which branch of the U.S. government gets primary oversight of digital assets.
US feds arrest 4 suspects in $44M BTC Ponzi schemes
The CFTC and DOJ charged the four with defrauding investors through Empowercoin, Ecoinplus, and JetCoin, which were described as digital asset multi-level marketing scams.
Polymarket: CFTC fines and orders digital currency betting service to shut down
Polymarket allowed its users to bet on events such as who wins the U.S. presidential elections or the number of COVID cases, but violated regulations, according to the regulator.
DoJ, SEC, CFTC outline strategies to curb digital currency crime
The top government attorneys from U.S. regulators plan to target gatekeepers and other individuals as well as expand their use of data-based probes.
Polymarket prediction market faces CFTC probe: report
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission wants to know if Polymarket’s prediction markets allow users to trade swaps or binary options and if it should be registered with the agency.
CFTC orders Tether to pay $42.5M, tells it not to break the law again
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has slapped Tether with US$42.5 million in penalties, saying it made "untrue" and "misleading" statements and "omissions of material fact" in its management of the USDT.
After Kraken, CFTC goes after 12 other firms for failure to register as FCMs
The 12 have allegedly been offering users the opportunity to purchase binary options based off the value of commodities like digital currencies and forex, according to the regulator.
Kraken ordered to pay $1.25M in fines over illegal margined digital currency products
The CFTC has settled with Kraken after accusing the exchange of offering unqualified investors illegal margined digital currency products without a license.
Binance hit with insider trading, market manipulation probe in US
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has launched a probe on Binance over alleged insider trading and market manipulation, saying its executives may have made money at the expense of users.
BTC trading scam suspects ordered to pay $1.75M in CFTC lawsuit
The three were charged for the scam by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in September 2020 for duping at least 27 investors for close to $1 million.
BitMEX enters $100M settlement with US regulators, but founders still not out of trouble
The derivatives trading platform allegedly violated U.S. regulations when it offered investment products without acquiring the necessary license and failed to implement customer identification programs.