CFTC

ATM Coin Founders Ordered to Pay $4.25 Million for Fraud

A U.S. court fined the team and firms behind ATM Coin for fraud and misappropriation of client funds in a case brought by the CFTC.

The SEC and CFTC have settled charges with XBT Corp. after alleging the company sold unregistered security-based swaps for bitcoin.

Four U.S. regulators joined an international alliance of government regulators seeking to bolster the future of fintech.

By Danny NelsonOct 24, 2019

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is upgrading its financial technology research wing, LabCFTC, into an independent office.

By Nikhilesh DeOct 24, 2019

"We saw a bubble building and we thought the best way to address it was to allow the market to interact with it," said Christopher Giancarlo.

By Brady DaleOct 22, 2019

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Heath Tarbert says the crypto world will see ethereum futures contracts sometime in 2020.

By Nikhilesh DeOct 21, 2019

Noelle Acheson shows how using notional volumes to compare derivatives markets to spot is misleading – but, for now, it’s all we’ve got.

By Noelle AchesonOct 19, 2019

Purported crypto and forex investment firm Circle Society is accused by the CFTC of operating like a Ponzi scheme.

By Daniel PalmerOct 17, 2019

Two former ranking members of the CFTC offered up a plan for a government-sanctioned, blockchain-based digital dollar.

By Daniel KuhnOct 16, 2019

The heads of three U.S. financial regulators warned the crypto industry to abide by banking laws in a joint statement published Friday.

By Nikhilesh DeOct 11, 2019

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