2018-12-8 22:29 |
As US regulators work to legislate the crypto industry, two US representatives want to task the Commodity Futures Trading Commission with recommending new practices to Congress.
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Crypto influencer Ben Armstrong (BitBoy Crypto) alleged that former SEC Director William Hinman accepted bribes to declare Ethereum (ETH) a commodity in an October 9 tweet. The post BitBoy Crypto alleges former SEC Director took bribes to label ETH a commodity appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2022-10-10 12:40 | |
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Gensler said he saw many crypto assets having attributes of a security, adding that Bitcoin is the only crypto he was comfortable publicly labeling as a commodity.
2022-6-29 05:33 | |
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The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has postponed its decision to approve or disapprove the VanEck/SolidX bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). Per an official document published by the agency, the new deadline to review the VanEck proposal has been shifted to February 27, 2019, which the regulator claims would afford it the time needed to review the potential rule change further.
2018-12-7 19:56 | |
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The US Congress is looking more seriously into the regulation of the cryptocurrency market. Members of the House will table two new bills that could help in consumer protection and make the US market more competitive.
2018-12-7 17:59 | |
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ErisX, a crypto exchange has completed a Series B funding round with support from leading firms including Bitmain, ConsenSys, Fidelity Investments, Nasdaq Ventures, and Monex Group. ErisX Will Operate as Crypto Futures Exchange, Clearing Organization, and Spot Market The crypto trading platform, with a pending license as a clearing organization with the U.
2018-12-5 03:00 | |
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Jay Clayton may turn out to be one of us afterall. Bitcoin is a currency, not a commodity he said. If there’s someone who knows which crypto project will be... The post America Gives Cryptos the Seal of Approval, A Reasonable Regulatory Framework Within Sight appeared first on Trustnodes.
2018-12-3 18:35 | |
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Speaking at the ongoing CoinDesk's Consensus Invest conference in New York, U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton spoke on why his agency hasn’t yet approved a bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF).
2018-11-29 21:56 | |
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The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has released a guide on smart contracts. The goal is to educate American consumers on how smart contracts work and how they could play a role in the future.
2018-11-28 15:52 | |
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The cryptocurrency market is a target of the same manipulation and abuse that the equity, commodity and forex markets have suffered for years, and exchanges that wish to protect their clients need ways to monitor trading activity.
2018-11-28 12:55 | |
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The cryptocurrency market is a target of the same manipulation and abuse that the equity, commodity and forex markets have suffered for years, and exchanges that wish to protect their clients need ways to monitor trading activity.
2018-11-28 12:55 | |
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An unconfirmed report released today, November 27, 2018, claims that NASDAQ has plans to launch bitcoin-based futures contracts, and that these plans are continuing to go forward despite the recent crypto crash.
2018-11-28 20:45 | |
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Bakkt, an upcoming crypto retail payment system and futures platform, is delaying its launch to better ensure the platform’s success at release. On November 20, 2018, the CEO of Bakkt released an update on Medium, outlining the future business plans for the company, describing some of the progress in implementing new features and declaring that the company’s initial launch is being postponed until January 24, 2019.
2018-11-21 02:24 | |
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Amun AG, a startup in Zug, Switzerland, has received a license from Swiss authorities to offer a new cryptocurrency exchange-traded product (ETP). An ETP is a blanket term to denote a security that derives its price from an underlying asset (e.
2018-11-20 02:50 | |
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The Bear Bellowing Louder: Are We Approaching A Flash Crash? Life is all about falling down and getting up. Economics, unfortunately, ignores such diktats of life. Thus when the price of a commodity starts falling, it can quickly spiral out of control.
2018-11-17 21:20 | |
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The ranking members of four House of Representative committees are set to investigate Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker's involvement in World Patent Marketing, a firm that once publicized "a theoretical time travel commodity set to the price of Bitcoin."
2018-11-16 22:24 | |
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The U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a press release on Friday, November 9, 2018, stating that it had fined Arizona resident Joseph Kim for perpetrating a fraudulent cryptocurrency trading scheme against his former employer and other investors.
2018-11-13 22:55 | |
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A fintech company based in Stockholm, Cinnober, has recently unveiled a shocking statement: crypto exchange must grow or die. This fintech company, Cinnober, was founded a decade before Bitcoin and has plenty of experience in the market.
2018-11-9 18:18 | |
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In the latter half of 2018, few developments have occupied crypto investors’ headspaces like the industry’s indefatigable pursuit of a bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF).
2018-11-9 20:03 | |
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Crypto exchange Bitstamp is getting a new matching engine developed by Cinnober, whose clients are mostly traditional stock and commodity markets.
2018-11-6 00:45 | |
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Crypto exchange Bitstamp is getting a new matching engine developed by Cinnober, whose clients are mostly traditional stock and commodity markets.
2018-11-6 00:45 | |
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Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has granted self-regulatory status to the country's cryptocurrency industry, giving the Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA) authority to oversee the space, according to a Reuters report.
2018-10-25 21:29 | |
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Almost a year to the day after the CBOE and CME launched their own bitcoin futures products, the Intercontinental Exchange’s Bakkt platform is heralding the launch of its own futures on December 12, though the platform is still pending approval from the Commodity Futures Trade Commission.
2018-10-23 01:16 | |
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CryptoMinerals are digital assets, even more your digital property which you are able to buy, sell, or trade similarly to traditional collectibles while securing transactions on the blockchain.
2018-10-19 10:00 | |
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The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched a new office to engage with cryptocurrency and blockchain startups. Called the Strategic Hub for Innovation and Financial Technology (FinHub), the division will make it easier for fintech startups to interact with the regulator on related issues and the legal implications of products before they launch them.
2018-10-19 01:51 | |
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Former CFTC Commissioner Says Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies Are Growing Sharon Bowen, a former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFC) Commissioner, talked about regulators and cryptocurrencies. At the Bloomberg conference, she talked about the biggest challenges that the CFTC is currently facing.
2018-10-18 21:02 | |
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Fidelity Investments has launched a new business to allow its institutional clients to trade in digital currencies such as bitcoin, a press release reveals. Known as Fidelity Digital Asset Services, LLC, the company will purchase and sell cryptocurrencies for family offices, hedge funds and other monetary ventures.
2018-10-16 22:22 | |
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The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has released an alert warning investors about false claims about the SEC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) promoting investments in digital assets.
2018-10-15 08:36 | |
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The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has obtained an emergency court order issuing the stoppage of a recently planned initial coin offering (ICO) by Blockvest LLC and its founder Reginald Buddy Ringgold III, who falsely advertised that the token sale was approved by the SEC.
2018-10-12 01:12 | |
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Bitcoin (BTC) is a commodity. A quick glance at the S&P Commodity Index vs. S&P 500 tells us that commodities have been in a downtrend since Bitcoin (BTC)’s inception (Aug 2008). Despite that, Bitcoin (BTC) rallied 596,666,566% from a price of $0.
2018-10-6 18:00 | |
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Cryptocurrencies are commodities, according to four court cases involving the U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). A federal judge recently ruled that a token is a commodity, certifying the CFTC’s authority to prosecute fraud and manipulation in the crypto space.
2018-10-5 02:27 | |
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A US court has formally dismissed an attempt to stop the country’s commodities regulator prosecuting an alleged cryptocurrency fraudster, ruling that such assets are commodities. CFTC Can Legislate With Crypto In a press release October 3, Senior Judge Rya W.
2018-10-5 00:00 | |
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In a recent press release, the CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) revealed that the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled digital currencies to be classified as commodities.
2018-10-4 17:30 | |
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In an interview with CNBC’s Fast Money on Monday, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chair J. Christopher Giancarlo discussed cryptocurrencies, saying he thought they were here for the long haul.
2018-10-4 01:47 | |
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The Chairman of the CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission), J. Christopher Giancarlo, continues to be crypto friendly with his latest comment that cryptocurrencies are here to stay. He made would say so during an interview with CNBC when he stated the following: I personally think that cryptocurrencies are here to stay.
2018-10-2 20:23 | |
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A U. S. federal judge has ruled that My Big Coin is a virtual currency meeting the definition of a commodity, which falls within the jurisdiction of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
2018-9-29 00:30 | |
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In a landmark case for the cryptocurrency industry, a federal judge has ruled that a cryptocurrency caught in the midst of a lawsuit is a commodity, court documents reveal.
2018-9-28 23:15 | |
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Blockchain is enabling the tokenization of physical commodities such as oil (Venezuela’s petro token), real estate and gold (Ekon coin). CARAT token is making its debut this week on Taiwan-based exchange Hotbit and it enables investors to hold digital coins that are backed by real diamonds.
2018-9-27 23:00 | |
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There’s a huge new trend that is sweeping the investment world and no, it’s not Bitcoin. The rise in the legalisation of Marijuana has led to the development of a new investment opportunity, Cannabis Shares, a culture that now allows investors to purchase shares in various legal cannabis based projects, be that the sale of cannabis itself, or products made of cannabis.
2018-9-20 16:00 | |
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Bitcoin means an ambitious categorisation effort by regular financial companies resulting in some viewing this alluring new asset class as much as a hybrid of a currency as it is an investment. Bitcoin has been declared as a commodity by the Commodities Future Trading Commission (CFTC).
2018-9-17 00:30 | |
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Speaking at the Singapore Summit with CNBC, the chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), J. Christopher Giancarlo, noted that the Internet flourished because the government didn’t interfere with its development strongly and adopted a “do no harm” policy.
2018-9-16 19:14 | |
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“Do No Harm” Christopher Giancarlo, the chairman of the U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), recently spoke with CNBC regarding his stance on crypto assets and how regulators, like himself, should address this nascent industry.
2018-9-15 06:11 | |
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Does a decades-old securities law apply to an initial coin offering (ICO)? In a case that represents the first time securities laws have been applied to cryptocurrencies, a district judge says it may.
2018-9-12 22:09 | |
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As an emerging cog in the global digital economy, cloud mining offers a tool for enthusiasts to mine cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin without having to acquire hardware or other oft-required elements.
2018-9-11 16:09 | |
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CFTC Announces Inaugural FinTech Forward Conference for Cryptoassets, Blockchain, and More The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) just announced their inaugural FinTech Forward 2018 conference on Twitter earlier today.
2018-9-11 06:50 | |
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Two securities, one that tracks bitcoin and another that tracks the cryptocurrency ether, have been temporarily halted by a U. S. regulatory watchdog due to investor confusion.
2018-9-11 22:01 | |
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Chart for BTC/USD (1M) Bitcoin (BTC) appears to have just completed its correction. Meanwhile, the ratio of Commodity Research Bureau Total Return Index (CRB) to that of S&P 500 sits at 0.
2018-9-8 18:00 | |
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The Commodity and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has had the last laugh in its case against New York-based crypto firm, CabbageTech Corp. The judge hearing the case in the New York Eastern District Court ruled, on Aug 24, that there is credible evidence in favor of CFTC’s allegations that the company was defrauding its clients.
2018-8-29 18:10 | |
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A recently released report by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) shows that bearish positions for non-commercial contracts of Bitcoin (BTC) futures are on the decline. Bitcoin’s movement has diminished to a near crawl in the last two weeks.
2018-8-28 20:49 | |
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Winklevoss owned cryptocurrency exchange, Gemini, have established a working group that has been designed to allow crypto exchanges in the United States to self regulate themselves in lieu of any regulations from the SEC and other relevant authorities.
2018-8-22 06:00 | |
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Neil Walsh, chief of the cybercrime and anti-money laundering arm of the United Nations' department on drugs and crime, has stated that the "anonymizing and pseudo-anonymizing" aspects of cryptocurrencies have made it extremely difficult to combat terrorist financing, money laundering, and cybercrime.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has settled with crypto exchange Bitqyck and its founders Bruce Bise and Sam Mendez over what the SEC believed was an unregistered token sale that raised $13 million.
Yesterday, August 28, Paige Thompson was indicted after allegedly hacking Capital One and 30 other entities. Along with being charged with wire fraud and computer fraud and abuse, court documents state Thompson used Capital One's cloud servers to mine cryptocurrency.
Federal court has entered case-ending sanctions against Craig Wright in the long-running court battle between Wright and the estate of his deceased developer partner, Dave Kleiman. Judge Bruce E.
The Central Bank of Brazil has adopted the International Monetary Fund's crypto classification guidelines, meaning traded cryptocurrencies within the country will be classified as non-financial products and, as such, will be counted as goods on the central bank’s balance sheet.
Westwood, California, resident Kunal Kalra has pleaded guilty to running an unlicensed bitcoin exchange and ATM. Kalra allegedly took part in $25 million worth of trading without obtaining a money-remitting business license or implementing any anti-money laundering processes.
Last week, six members from the US House of Representatives’ Financial Services Committee met with Swiss regulators, including the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner and the Financial Market Supervisory Authority, to discuss Facebook's Libra project.