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Remarks of Commissioner Brian D. Quintenz before the Eurofi High Level Seminar 2018
… his groundbreaking paper on a cryptocurrency called Bitcoin almost a decade ago, we have witnessed the … trading on cryptocurrencies – such as futures contracts on Bitcoin – including setting requirements for registration of … . [4]       Chao Deng, China Quietly Orders Closing of Bitcoin Mining Operations , Wall St. J., Jan. 11, 2018, …
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CFTC Releases Annual Enforcement Results for Fiscal Year 2015
… LLC (a predecessor of Moore Capital Management, LP). Bitcoin-Related Enforcement Actions There is a great deal of excitement and press attention to the potential of Bitcoin, other crypto-currencies and the block chain … participants. Coinflip, Inc. d/b/a Derivabit (Coinflip) , a Bitcoin options trading platform operator, and its CEO, …
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Special Address of CFTC Commissioner J. Christopher Giancarlo Before the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation 2016 Blockchain Symposium
… ions/Documents/quarterlybulletin/2014/qb14q3digitalcurrenciesbitcoin1.pdf ; see also Tomas Hirst, The Bank of England Just Said It Thinks Bitcoin Could Be Huge , Business Insider, Sept. 11, 2014, … http://www.businessinsider.com/bank-of-england-report-on-bitcoin-2014-9 . 2 See, e.g. , Oversight of Dodd-Frank Act …
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CFTC Charges Multiple Individuals and Entities in $28 Million Ponzi Scheme that Targeted Churchgoers
… in foreign currency (forex) and digital assets such as bitcoin through pooled trading accounts controlled by Jali. … would be held in trust or escrow, used to trade forex and bitcoin, and then returned in their entirety at the end of …
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CFTC Talks EP024: Coincenter.org Peter Van Valkenburgh
… Valkenburgh. We discuss the key new innovation underneath bitcoin: The consensus mechanism. Curious how bitcoins are created and why there’s a limit? Listen and …
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Remarks of Commissioner Rostin Behnam before the FIA/SIFMA Asset Management Group, Asset Management Derivatives Forum 2018, Dana Point, California
… a dialogue on the self-certification process of the first bitcoin futures contract, and weathered a government … much of the day focused on the listing of the first Bitcoin futures contracts. My message was twofold: I … however, I believe, specifically with respect to the Bitcoin contracts, the CFTC should have exercised its …
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CFTC Commissioner Pham Announces Initial Staff Appointments
… the first CFTC anti-fraud enforcement action involving bitcoin, the first ruling by a federal district court that …
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Regulation of the Future: Building Responsible Digital Asset Markets: Keynote Address by Commissioner Caroline D. Pham, 18th Nasdaq Technology of the Future Conference—Reimagining Tomorrow’s Markets
… (DCOs) that clear crypto derivatives.   When you trade bitcoin or ether futures on a DCM and clear through a DCO, … and this crypto winter usher in a new era beyond the bitcoin gold standard?   What new digital specie—what new … .  [8]    Joshua Oliver, “Bitcoin drops below key $20,000 threshold,” Financial Times …
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CFTC Seeks Public Comments on Crypto-asset Mechanics and Markets
… mechanics, and markets for virtual currencies beyond Bitcoin, namely Ether and its use on the Ethereum Network.  … understand similarities and distinctions between Ether and Bitcoin, as well as Ether-specific opportunities, …
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CFTC Issues Customer Advisory on Digital Tokens
… Advisories, Podcasts, Primers and more, visit CFTC.gov/Bitcoin . CFTC Customer Advisories on Virtual Currencies: … or speculating in virtual currencies or recently launched Bitcoin futures and options. The CFTC has also issued …
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