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The Takeaway: CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert said last month that ether is a commodity, and he expects to see regulated ether futures in the U.S. in the next six months. The ethereum network is expected to transition from its current
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New York-based financial technology firm Tassat — formerly known as trueDigital — has succeeded in overcoming the first hurdle in its bid to launch a fully-regulated crypto derivatives exchange.According to an announcement from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Nov. 7, the regulator has approved the
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Starting the month of November with a big bang! The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has once again strengthened its trust with the general public as it busts four entities as well as two key players in a fraudulent binary options scheme that incorporated a shady cryptocurrency.The case, which
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Two top U.S. financial watchdogs, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have filed a cease-and-desist order against XBT Corp. SARL, a.k.a First Global Credit, a Swiss Bitcoin-based securities dealer that allegedly solicited investments from U.S. investors without registering with the agencies.
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The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) gives its fintech research unit LabCFTC status as an independent operating office.Blockchain and digital assets are an important part of developmentEstablished by the CFTC in 2017 with the goal of engaging with the fintech community, LabCFTC will now be reporting directly
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a lawsuit against the Nevada-based corporation Circle Society and its owner, David Gilbert Saffron of Las Vegas, for Ponzi-like cryptocurrency scam and registration violations relating to an $11 million cryptocurrency fraud operation.The CFTC filed a civil enforcement action on Monday, September 30,
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The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the filing of a civil enforcement action against Nevada-based Circle Society.Defendants guaranteed investors 300% returnOn Oct. 16, the CFTC announced that it was charging Circle Society and its owner, David Gilbert Saffron, with “fraudulent solicitation, misappropriation, and registration violations relating
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The CFTC chairman confirmed that Ethereum qualifies to be a commodity and all the forked assets like the Ethereum Classic shall be subjected to similar regulatory considerations.According to the latest report from Yahoo Finance, the chairman of the United States Commodities and Futures Trading Commission called Ethereum (ETH) a commodity.Speaking
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Chairman of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) believes that Ether (ETH) is a commodity, with ETH futures trading a coming reality.Heath Tarbert, new CFTC chairman who overtook J. Christopher Giancarlo in July, put forward his stance on Ether, other cryptocurrencies and forked coins at Yahoo Finance’s
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) charged an individual from Pennsylvania for making fraudulent claims of investing in Bitcoin on behalf of two investors. As per the press release, the accused never had possession of said Bitcoin, so it was never actually delivered to investors, September 30, 2019. Clamping Down on
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