Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 year ago
FTX, a bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, and the United States Commodities
Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have agreed to a $12.7 billion settlement.
This agreement resolves a 19-month lawsuit. The settlement follows months of
negotiations and now...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
During his Senate testimony, the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) emphasized the necessity of federal legislation to regulate digital commodities such as bitcoin and ether. Citing market volatility and fraud, the chairman a...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
In a regulatory victory for the largest cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) were officially classified as commodities during Wednesday’s Digital Commodities Senate AG hearing.
Court Backs Bitcoin And Ether’s Commodity Status
Acc...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 1 year ago
CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam says a majority of cryptocurrencies, 70-80%, are non-securities.
Behnam appeared before the & U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry’s Hearing on the Oversight of Digital Commodities on Wednes...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a case against Sam Ikkurty, Ravishankar Avadhanam, and Jafia LLC for civil violations of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA), specifically involving cryptocurrency investments. The court granted...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
America’s largest crypto exchange, Coinbase has revealed plans to list popular doggy-themed cryptocurrency, Shiba Inu (SHIB) for its futures contracts. The exchange has submitted an official filing to the Commodity Trading Futures Commission (C...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
In a significant development, Kanav Kariya, the president of Jump Crypto, has announced his resignation after six years with the company.
End Of An Era For Jump Crypto
Kariya took to social media to announce the end of his tenure as president of Jum...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has initiated an inquiry into the cryptocurrency activities of Chicago-based Jump Trading, according to a report by Fortune’s Leo Schwartz. This investigation forms part of a larger regulatory rev...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has launched an investigation into the Chicago-based trading firm Jump’s participation in the crypto market, focusing on its trading and investment activities, according to an undisclosed source f...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Chris Giancarlo has emphasized former U.S. President Donald Trump’s critical role in the cryptocurrency industry, dubbing him “America’s first crypto president&#...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 1 year ago
Christopher Giancarlo, former CFTC chief has joined Paxos board.
Giancarlo’s advocacy for blockchain innovation aligns with Paxos’ mission for regulated solutions.
Paxos aims to drive financial sector innovation with Giancarlo’s gu...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 year ago
Paxos, a regulated
blockchain and tokenization infrastructure platform, announced today the
appointment of J. Christopher Giancarlo, former Chairman of the US Commodity
Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), to its board of directors.Paxos Scores Regulat...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has taken action against crypto brokerage firm Falcon Labs, a company based in the Seychelles, for failing to register as a futures commission merchant (FCM) in the US.
Interestingly, this marks the CF...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 year ago
The
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued a stark warning, including
cryptocurrencies, to students and young job seekers: beware of becoming an
unwitting "money mule."In a recent
advisory, the CFTC's Office of Customer Education and...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 1 year ago
As the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continues to scrutinize crypto industry players, including Robinhood, Binance, Coinbase, and Ripple, the Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Rostin Behnam, warns of an impending...
Cryptocoins News / Finance Magnates - 1 year ago
Senators
Elizabeth Warren and Chuck Grassley demand a full accounting of the
interactions between the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) Chairman, Rostin
Behnam, and Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the convicted founder of the now-defunct
cryptoc...