Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
On June 2, 2022, the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) initiated an action against Gemini, the crypto exchange founded by billionaire twins Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss. Among other things, the complaint alleges that Gemini ma...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
The long-awaited Responsible Financial Innovation Act to create a regulatory framework for digital assets was introduced in the United States Senate on Tuesday. The official text of the 69-page document was also released. The bipartisan bill, sponsor...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed suit against Gemini Trust Co. in the U.S. Southern District Court of New York on Thursday. The CFTC claimed in the civil suit that Gemini made false or misleading statements to the C...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed suit against Gemini Trust Co. in the U.S. Southern District Court of New York on Thursday. The CFTC claimed in the civil suit that Gemini made false or misleading statements to the C...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried did a lot of talking at the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) staff roundtable on non-intermediation Wednesday. He fielded questions and issues from 31 industry professionals about the FTX.US applicat...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) says he is certain bitcoin and ether are commodities. He outlined how his agency is working with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to regulate the crypto sector, not...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 1 year ago
Two suspected cryptocurrency fraudsters Sam Ikkurty of Portland, Oregon, and Ravishankar Avadhanam of Illinois have been charged by the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for illegally soliciting as much as $44 million through...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
863 Total views 19 Total shares Listen to article News United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) commissioner Kristin N. Johnson was named the sponsor of the agency’s Market Risk Advisory Committee (MRAC) on Tuesday. She replace...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Caroline Pham, currently serving as a commissioner at the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, has announced a former head of U.S. regulatory policy at investment banking firm Credit Suisse Securities will be joining her staff...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
The annual meeting of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) began Wednesday in Madrid. United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Gary Gensler and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) chairman Ros...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
The annual meeting of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) began Wednesday in Madrid. United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chair Rostin Be...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Kristin Johnson, one of five commissioners currently serving at the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, has announced that a CME Group executive director with experience in crypto will be joining her staff.In a Thursday annou...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in Washington, D.C., introduced an updated bill on Thursday to regulate cryptocurrency developers, dealers, exchanges and stablecoin providers, bringing them under the regulatory control of the United States Commodity...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) chairman Chris Giancarlo, known by some as Crypto Dad during his tenure from 2017 to 2019, spoke on the topic of U.S. crypto regulation at the Crypto Bahamas conference on Thursday. He called the cur...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
Rostin Behnam, the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (), was at a hearing “The State of the CFTC” with the House Agriculture Committee on Thursday, March 31, and one of the core subjects of discussion was a proposal from FTX Deri...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
In order to properly oversee the broader industry under its purview, the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has a robust budget for its Fiscal Year 2023 in order to expand its digital assets or cryptocurrency surveillance tar...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, has released its Fiscal Year 2023 (FY2023) budget request, seeking $365 million. This marks a 9.9% increase over the previous year and 20% over FY2021. The commission regulates the country’s der...
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...
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...