Category: CFTC
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Federal attorneys are investigating meme-led trading in GME, AMC and silver: WSJ
The Justice Department joins CFTC and SEC probes into wild markets facilitated by Robinhood and other apps for retail traders.
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Powers On… The battle for digital asset supremacy and the consequences of U.S. capitulation
Why is the U.S. dragging its heels on crypto and blockchain regulation, as the rest of the world forges ahead with financial innovation?
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Yellen convenes SEC, CFTC and Fed leaders on Robinhood question
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen faces the first major hurdle of her tenure with the question of how to handle social media-driven security trading.
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Update: “Coin Signals” trader also faces charges from the CFTC
Arrested by the FBI earlier today, the 24-year-old Spence also faces civil charges of fraud that look to bar him from future trading.
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FBI arrests 24-year-old crypto trader for commodities and wire fraud
The trader was both lying to investors and using an unregistered derivatives strategy on BitMEX.