Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
On Friday, the Bank of Israel published a draft regulation on Anti-Money-Laundering and Combatting the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) risk management for the banks facilitating crypto-to-fiat transactions.The move hints at the Israeli government’s...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
Christopher Giancarlo, the former Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (), has shared his thought on the status of XRP Coin as the legal brawl between Ripple Labs and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rages on.
While app...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, says the securities regulator is working with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on crypto regulation. In addition, he said the SEC is “trying to...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Commodity Futures Trading Commission chair Rostin Behnam is looking to members of Congress to address the Commission’s lack of enforcement authority in the digital asset space.At a Wednesday hearing titled “Examining Digital Assets: Risks, Regulation...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Many in the crypto and blockchain space referred to Giancarlo as “Crypto Dad” for his role in supporting digital assets during his five years at the CFTC. Chris Gianca...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Binance, the world’s leading blockchain and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider, today announced that it has joined the National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance (NCFTA), a nonprofit corporation focused on identifying, validating, miti...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
By partnering with Binance, the NCFTA aims to tackle international cybersecurity investigations by co-sharing threat intelligence. The National Cyber-Forensics and Tra...
Cryptocoins News / NewsBTC - 2 years ago
Bipartisan lawmakers from the U.S. House and Senate Agriculture Committees have requested clear information from the chair of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) about the crypto industry and their role in monitoring it and taking enfor...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Giancarlo has been a vocal supporter of cryptocurrencies and CBDCs and has called for a “do no harm approach” to blockchain regulation. Blockchain investment firm Co...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
With the addition of Caroline Pham’s and Summer Mersinger’s names sent to the Senate for confirmation, the U.S. president has the opportunity to completely reshape the CFTC leadership....
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 2 years ago
Chris Giancarlo says having a single entity like a crypto bureau regulating cryptocurrencies is something Congress should consider.
2022 finds the crypto industry looking forward to more regulatory clarity from the US and across the globe; with some...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
At his October confirmation hearing, Rostin Behnam said it was "critically important to have a primary cop on the beat" of an emerging market that included cryptocurrencies and stablecoin...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
A commissioner with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Dawn Stump, has voiced concerns about cryptocurrency regulation through enforcement — the approach taken by both the CFTC and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
“We should act now to improve access to financial services through other means as well — the need is too great," said Tim Massad. Tim Massad, who served as chair of th...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Rostin Behnam said it was "critically important to have a primary cop on on the beat" of an emerging market that included cryptocurrencies and stablecoins. Acting chai...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Polymarket is believed to have hired former CTFC enforcement head James McDonald to handle the probe. New York-based decentralized prediction market Polymarket has com...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
On Friday, October 15, 2021, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that it had ordered the company Tether Holdings Limited and Ifinex Inc., the parent company of Bitfinex, to pay fines totaling $42.5 million. The CFTC accuses...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
The settlement triggered concerns that the CFTC's role in stablecoin regulation could be misunderstood by the public. On Oct. 15, the Commodity Futures Trading Commiss...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has charged 14 trading platforms that claim to offer crypto-related investments but have either failed to register with the CFTC or falsely claimed to be registered. These websites also exhibit other si...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
The listed crypto options providers named by the CFTC include relatively unknown names such as Bitfxprofit, Star FX Pro, Smarter Signals and BinanceFx Trade. The Comm...