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Statement of Commissioner Summer K. Mersinger Regarding the Consent Orders of Judgment on Liability against Defendants Caroline Ellison and Zixiao “Gary” Wang
… digital asset trading platforms. The CFTC does not regulate Bitcoin or any other cash or “spot” digital asset …
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Opening Statement of Commissioner Rostin Behnam before the Market Risk Advisory Committee
… for the MRAC all at once. However, the introduction of two Bitcoin futures contracts caused many to inquire … for releasing backgrounders on self-certification of bitcoin products and on the oversight of and approach to … 1  recording a podcast roundtable with CFTC leaders on Bitcoin, 2  and launching a Bitcoin education webpage, 3 …
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Remarks of Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo to the ABA Derivatives and Futures Section Conference
… the waning months of 2017, virtual currencies, especially Bitcoin, took the world by storm. The Wall Street Journal estimates that Bitcoin’s value increased 1,375% in 2017. 1  Stories about … that underpins many virtual currencies, including Bitcoin, a promise that has the attention of leaders of both …
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CFTC Charges New York Resident with Fraud and Misappropriation in Digital Assets Trading Scheme
… July 2022, Russell solicited retail investors to contribute bitcoin, ether, and fiat currency to invest in his purported …
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Written Testimony of Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo before the U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
… mania. They have declared the 2017 heightened valuation of Bitcoin to be a bubble similar to the famous “Tulip Bubble” … no shortage of opinions on virtual currencies such as Bitcoin. In fact, virtual currencies may be all things to … morning of February 12, the total value of all outstanding Bitcoin was about $149 billion based on a Bitcoin price of …
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Testimony of Chairman Rostin Behnam Regarding “Examining Digital Assets: Risks, Regulation, and Innovation”
… is even larger, with notional exchange volumes in just bitcoin futures surpassing those numbers. [2] Although the … ). [2] Volume of Bitcoin Futures, The Block ( … www.theblockcrypto.com/data/crypto-markets/futures/volume-of-bitcoin-futures-monthly ) [3] Push Us Past Inertia—How the …
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Keynote Address of Commissioner Brian D. Quintenz before the DC Blockchain Summit
… paper on cryptography and a cryptocurrency called bitcoin almost decade ago, 1  we have witnessed exponential growth in the technology underlying bitcoin – distributed ledger technology (DLT) – and its … is advancing rapidly as well. People can now purchase bitcoin from multiple locations in and around the District …
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Opening Remarks of Commissioner Kristin Johnson for the CFTC and OMWI Roundtable on Digital Assets and Financial Inclusion
… Nakamoto published a white paper, innocently titled - Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System - that … at its peak accounted for 80 percent of the global bitcoin trading volume, declared bankruptcy in early 2014 … cyberattacks that led to the loss of an astounding 850,000 bitcoin. [17] In January of this year, another large …
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Statement of Commissioner Kristin Johnson Regarding the CFTC Charging Commodity Pool Operators and a Florida Company with Fraudulent Solicitation of $41.6 Million
… accounts using cryptocurrencies, including, among others, bitcoin, ether, and tether. Defendants misrepresented their …
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CFTC Customer Advisory Highlights What Customers Should Know Before Trading Over-the-Counter Forex
… soliciting customers on social media; requiring payment in bitcoin or other digital assets; manipulating currency … pairs or 5 percent for other pairs). Accepting only bitcoin, ethereum, or other digital assets as payment. …
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