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Written Testimony of Daniel S. Gorfine before the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture
… and risk transfer to fintech topics like DLT and bitcoin? The answer is that our financial markets are … operations. After the self-certification and launch of bitcoin futures in December 2017, LabCFTC was then able to … determined that certain virtual currencies, such as Bitcoin, met the definition of “commodity” under the …
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Keynote Address of Chairman Timothy Massad before the World Federation of Exchanges Annual Meeting
… innovation that has been in the news of late: and that is Bitcoin. We have actually taken a number of steps regarding Bitcoin, and I believe what we have done is consistent with the framework I’ve articulated. Bitcoin raises many important issues for law enforcement …
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Remarks of Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo at Commissione Nazionale per le Societa e la Borsa (CONSOB), Rome, Italy
… unfortunately ensued.   Now, let’s fast forward to today.  Bitcoin has refocused attention on topics of back-office … and list futures products based on the value of Bitcoin.   CFTC regulatory practice is for exchanges to … in any other national marketplace.   With respect to the bitcoin products, because they were novel and based on a …
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Federal Court Orders BitMEX to Pay $100 Million for Illegally Operating a Cryptocurrency Trading Platform and Anti-Money Laundering Violations
… to trade cryptocurrencies, including derivatives on bitcoin, ether, and litecoin. [See CFTC Press Release No. … (FCM) without CFTC registration, including by accepting bitcoin to margin digital asset derivative transactions and …
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Opening Statement of Commissioner Rostin Behnam before the Technology Advisory Committee Meeting
… months, which included the historic listing of the first bitcoin futures contracts, the price of bitcoin skyrocketing to over $19,000, the filing of multiple CFTC enforcement actions related to bitcoin fraud, and my personal education in bitcoin, DLT, …
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Remarks of Daniel Gorfine Regarding DLT and the Next Generation of Computing Infrastructure, Finovate, NYC
… and risk transfer to fintech topics like DLT and bitcoin? The answer is that our financial markets are … operations. After the self-certification and launch of bitcoin futures in December 2017, LabCFTC was then able to … At the most basic level, what Satoshi Nakomoto and Bitcoin have done is make thinking about back-office ledger …
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Statement of Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson Regarding Unregistered Crypto Futures Platform, Price Manipulation, and Failure to Comply with AML/KYC/CIP Obligations
… with illegally offering digital asset futures, including bitcoin and ether futures, failing to register as a futures …
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Opening Statement of Commissioner Dawn D. Stump Before the Market Risk Advisory Committee
… suggesting that the CFTC is promoting such things as bitcoin or carbon emission controls.  The public should … by the presence of risk — for example, some may utilize bitcoin futures to hedge inflationary risks, and others will …
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ICYMI: Fintech Regulation Needs More Principles, Not More Rules
… that would clear derivatives resulting in delivery of Bitcoin. Digital assets face the unique operational risk of … assets was able to adopt a different method of facilitating Bitcoin transfers and addressing the risk of loss. Each …
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Statement of Chairman Heath P. Tarbert in Support of Interpretive Guidance on Actual Delivery for Digital Assets
… digital asset that is a “commodity” under the CEA—such as Bitcoin and Ether, for example [3] —and is used as a medium … assets, concluding that the exception was not met where Bitcoin was transferred to a virtual wallet under the … (CFTC Sept. 17, 2015) (consent order) (concluding that Bitcoin is a commodity under the CEA); In re TeraExchange …
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