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CFTC Charges Colorado Resident with Fraud in Digital Asset-Linked Ponzi Scheme
… to trade foreign currency (forex) contracts as well as Bitcoin and other digital assets through a commodity pool …
Federal Court Orders Colorado Company and its Principal to Pay Over $900,000 for Digital Asset and Forex Ponzi Scheme
… purportedly trade in forex and digital assets, including bitcoin, only to then misappropriate the money. Further, the …
Don’t be Re-Victimized by Recovery Frauds
… prepaid credit or gift cards, use digital assets such as Bitcoin, or make other unusual forms of payment.  Another …
Testimony of Chairman Timothy G. Massad before the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture
… such as new products. Virtual currencies, such as bitcoin, are an example. Virtual currencies may raise issues … policies and procedures specific to virtual currencies like bitcoin, the agency’s authority extends to futures and swaps … and a designated contract market listed contracts based on bitcoins. It is important to emphasize that the existence of …
Statement of Chairman Heath P. Tarbert in Support of Final Rule on Swap Execution Facilities
… , Fortune (Nov. 19, 2019), https://fortune.com/2019/11/19/bitcoin-blockchain-fintech-regulation-ctfc/ . [12] The final …
Erica Elliott Richardson, External Affairs Director, To Leave CFTC
… and distributed ledger technology, including bitcoin futures contracts and initiatives to better inform …
CFTC Charges Alameda CEO and Alameda and FTX Co-Founder with Fraud in Action Against Sam Bankman-Fried and his Companies
… assets, including both fiat and digital assets including bitcoin and ether, were held in “custody” by FTX and …
Keynote of Commissioner Rostin Behnam at the FIA 40th Annual Law & Compliance Division Conference on the Regulation of Futures, Derivatives and OTC Products, Washington, DC
… maiden speech at Georgetown University; (ii) the listing of bitcoin futures and the increasingly rapid proliferation of … of 2017 gave many of us a hard and fast introduction to Bitcoin and its underlying technology.   Although I had a … rapid rise in crypto-asset prices, and the introduction of Bitcoin futures on two CFTC registered designated contract …
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 …
CFTC Charges Long Island Resident and His Firm in Ongoing $59 Million Fraud Scheme
… speculating in  virtual currencies   or recently launched Bitcoin futures and options . The CFTC also strongly urges …