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Federal Court Finds that Virtual Currencies Are Commodities
… trading in virtual currencies (specifically involving Bitcoin).”  According to the Court, the term “commodity” … or speculating in virtual currencies or recently launched Bitcoin futures and options.  The CFTC has also issued …
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. …
Statement of Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson Regarding Fraud and Misappropriation by a Digital Asset Ponzi Scheme
… fraudulent digital asset scheme by promising to trade the Bitcoin and Ether that investors deposited and ensure a … investors. In total, investors transferred over 750 Bitcoin and 2,000 Ether to Defendants worth more than $7 …
CFTC Talks EP016: Jack Ablin, Chief Investment Officer BMO Private Bank
… to anticipate in 2018. Low vol, #stocks #commodities & #Bitcoin all discussed. … CFTC Talks EP016: Jack Ablin, Chief …
CFTC Talks EP054: Robert Shiller, Yale University
… market movements.  Great Depression, Great Recession and Bitcoin all discussed. … CFTC Talks EP054: Robert Shiller, …
Remarks of Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo before the Sims Lecture At Vanderbilt Law School, Nashville, Tennessee
… time grappling with the recently self-certified launch of Bitcoin futures by two of our registered futures exchanges. … before the hearing, I reflected on conversations about Bitcoin I had participated in during our New Year’s ski … last year, however. Suddenly, they were all talking about Bitcoin.  They are asking me what I thought and should they …
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 …
Guest Lecture of Commissioner J. Christopher Giancarlo, Harvard Law School, Fidelity Guest Lecture Series on International Finance
… ://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21677198-technology-behind-bitcoin-could-transform-how-economy-works-trust-machine. 26 … , UBS Bank Is Experimenting with “Smart-Bonds” Using the Bitcoin Blockchain , Bitcoin Magazine, June 12, 2015, …
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 …
Historical Special Announcements
… 2017: The CFTC is now including the CBOE Futures Exchange’s Bitcoin contract (CFTC ID 1330E1) in the Legacy and Traders … these three choices, financial best captures the nature of bitcoin contracts. The default trader classification for the … contract will also have this same classification for bitcoin contracts. Otherwise, traders default to “Other …