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CFTC Extends Period for Public Comment on Related Applications Submitted by LedgerX, LLC for Registration as a Derivatives Clearing Organization and Swap Execution Facility
… clear fully collateralized, physically settled options on bitcoins. Comments may be submitted electronically through …
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, …
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… 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 …
CFTC Issues Proposed Interpretation on Virtual Currency “Actual Delivery” in Retail Transactions
… commodity transactions involving virtual currency, such as bitcoin. Specifically, the Proposed Interpretation sets out …
Statement of Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo on Proposed Rule Amendments to Certain Regulations Applicable to Registered Derivatives Clearing Organizations
… in response to more recent events, such as the launch of bitcoin futures contracts and the Nasdaq Clearing default.  …
Keynote Address of Chairman Rostin Behnam at the ABA Business Law Section Derivatives & Futures Law Committee Winter Meeting
… their development alongside the first self-certification of Bitcoin futures and binary options contracts, [34] I … for releasing backgrounders on self-certification of bitcoin products [35] and on the oversight of and approach … [36] recording a podcast roundtable with CFTC leaders on Bitcoin, [37] and launching a Bitcoin education webpage. …
Federal Court in New York Enters Preliminary Injunction Order against Patrick K. McDonnell and His Company CabbageTech, Corp. d/b/a Coin Drop Markets in Connection with Fraudulent Virtual Currency Scheme
… with purchases and trading of the virtual currencies Bitcoin and Litecoin (see CFTC Press Release & Complaint  …
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 …
CFTC Imposes A $1.25 Million Penalty against Kraken for Offering Illegal Off-Exchange Digital Asset Trading and Failing to Register as Required
… retail commodity transactions in digital assets, including Bitcoin, and failing to register as a futures commission …