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Tassat will be able to launch Bitcoin swaps after all, says CFTC

The fintech firm was supposed to reinstate its CFTC registration after 12 months of no trading but will not have to face an enforcement action.

September 15, 2020

Tassat Regains CFTC ‘No-Action’ Relief Ahead of Eventual Bitcoin Swaps Contract Listing

Tassat blamed COVID-19 and leadership changes for its long-delayed bitcoin derivatives contract listing.

September 15, 2020

CFTC Greenlights LedgerX Request to Move Beyond Digital Currency Products

The federal regulator has approved LedgerX’s amended registration to offer fully collateralized futures and options products.

September 2, 2020

TeraExchange Reinstated as Swap Execution Facility by CFTC Order

The regulatory body deemed the exchange dormant because it had no trading activity in the three years following its registration with the CFTC.

August 31, 2020

XRP Is Not a Security, Argues US Congressman Tom Emmer

The asset still has no official distinction, however.

August 21, 2020

CFTC Seeks $429M Penalty Against Ponzi Operator Who Ghosted Them

While nobody can find the man behind alleged ponzi scheme Control-Finance, the CFTC is asking the court to throw the book at him.

August 21, 2020

Interactive Brokers to Pay $38M in Settlement Over AML Lapses

Publicly traded brokerage firm Interactive Brokers has agreed to pay multi-million dollar penalties to the SEC, Finra and CFTC for failure to flag suspicious transactions and lapses in AML compliance.

August 10, 2020

Price Highs, Bull Runs, and Thieves: Bad Crypto News of the Week

Check out this week’s Bad Crypto podcast.

August 8, 2020

Crypto Advocate Brian Quintenz Will Step Down From CFTC Role by October

CFTC Commissioner Brian Quintenz, who sponsored the Technology Advisory Committee and advocated for self regulation in the crypto industry, will leave his post by late October.

April 28, 2020

CFTC Approves New Cryptocurrency Derivatives Platform — Bitnomial to Offer Regulated Bitcoin Futures

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has approved a new bitcoin derivatives trading platform. Bitnomial Exchange will list margined and physically delivered bitcoin futures and options. Besides Bitnomial, the CFTC has only approved a handful of other platforms to offer bitcoin derivatives trading, such as CME, Cboe, and Bakkt. CFTC Approves New Bitcoin Derivatives…

April 20, 2020

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