
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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7 April, 2021
Former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes surrenders to face US charges
Arthur Hayes has reportedly surrendered himself to U.S. authorities in Hawaii, to face charges of failing to implement money laundering...
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30 March, 2021
US court orders UK man behind Control-Finance scam to pay $572M
Benjamin Reynolds, the founder of Control-Finance, is accused of misleading investors to believe he would invest their BTC, which authorities...
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26 March, 2021
The CoinGeek Pulse Episode 37: Coinbase pays $6.5M fine, FATF updates guidance, Hester Peirce talks regulation & innovation
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission released an announcement confirming that Coinbase exchange had agreed to settle charges and to...
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22 March, 2021
Coinbase gets $6.5 million penalty from CFTC over in-house trading issues
The charges, which the CFTC filed and settled on the same day, were for "reckless false, misleading or inaccurate reporting"...
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19 March, 2021
The endangered state of digital asset exchanges
The U.S.’s expanding offensive on digital asset players should be a clear signal that existing regulatory structures apply to the...
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17 March, 2021
Crypto Crime Cartel: Binance investigated by CFTC
Binance is the subject of an active investigation by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for potentially offering digital asset derivative...