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Posted by | March 22, 2024
U.S. SEC Asking for More Millions, Dozens of Lawyers to Beef Up Crypto Oversight

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Treasury Department are all asking for additional resources for the 2025 fiscal year, saying they will go toward crypto...

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Posted by | March 22, 2024
Ripple CEO Predicts Setback For US SEC In Ethereum Case, Similar To XRP

The legal battle between the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Ethereum (ETH) has transformed into an intriguing case within the entire cryptocurrency landscape, with several experts predicting...

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Posted by | December 18, 2023
US court approves settlement against Binance, firm to pay $2.7B to CFTC

Former Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has been ordered to pay $150 million, while Binance will pay $2.7 billion to conclude the CFTC enforcement action. 2796 Total views 10 Total...

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Posted by | December 15, 2023
Taiwan officials launch inquiry into crypto betting on election results: Report

Several Taiwanese residents were reportedly using the decentralized betting platform Polymarket, the same platform that saw record-breaking trading volumes during the 2020 United States election. 189 Total views 2 Total...

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Posted by | November 2, 2023
CFTC Commissioner Says Majority of Tips in Whistleblower Program Involve Crypto

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) says that most of the tips called into its Whistleblower Program in 2023 involved crypto. In a statement, CFTC Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero says...

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Posted by | October 7, 2023
US Commodities Regulator Mulling Enforcement Action Against Co-Founder of Bankrupt Crypto Lender Voyager: Report

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CTFC) is reportedly contemplating taking enforcement action against the co-founder of a bankrupt crypto lender. According to a new report by Bloomberg, the CTFC is...

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Posted by | September 28, 2023
U.S. House Bill Seeks Centralized Record of Off-Chain Crypto Transactions

U.S. Rep. Don Beyers, a Democrat, wants to push off-chain crypto transaction data into repositories where regulators can see it, potentially heading off a future FTX. A Democratic crypto bill...

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Posted by | September 10, 2023
CFTC Commissioner Dissents Against Regulator’s Anti-DeFi Agenda After Trio of Enforcement Actions

A commissioner with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) disagrees with the agency’s decision to file enforcement action against three decentralized finance (DeFi) companies. Last week, the CFTC announced that...

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Posted by | September 7, 2023
CFTC Goes After Opyn, Other DeFi Operations in Enforcement Sweep

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has charged three decentralized finance (DeFi) operations – Opyn, Inc., ZeroEx (0x), Inc. and Deridex, Inc. – with offering illegal derivatives trading, according to...

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cftc-commissioner-pitches-pilot-program-for-us.-crypto-regulation
Posted by | September 7, 2023
CFTC Commissioner Pitches Pilot Program for U.S. Crypto Regulation

The U.S. watchdog for derivatives markets should create a limited pilot program for regulating cryptocurrencies, said Caroline Pham, one of the members of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).“I’m recommending...

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