US lawmaker is most concerned about Treasury’s response to crypto
Exactly 3% of the United States Senate attended the Texas Blockchain Summit on Friday, all addressing their fellow lawmakers' understanding of crypto and blockchain.
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Pantera CEO Wants a Reminder the Day Before a US Bitcoin ETF Launches — ‘I Might Want to Take Some Chips off the Table’
On October 6, Pantera Capital published an investor’s note written by Dan Morehead, the company’s CEO. Unlike the myriad of crypto investors who believe that a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF)…
Law Decoded: Infrastructure woes and benevolent punishments, Sept. 27–Oct. 3
As House Democrats grapple over the infrastructure bill, the Biden administration and Federal Reserve eye stablecoin regulation.
CFTC Charges 14 Trading Platforms Offering Crypto-Related Investments
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has charged 14 trading platforms that claim to offer crypto-related investments but have either failed to register with the CFTC or falsely claimed to…
CFTC charges 12 New York crypto options businesses with failing to register
The listed crypto options providers named by the CFTC include relatively unknown names such as Bitfxprofit, Star FX Pro, Smarter Signals and BinanceFx Trade.
The CFTC Fines Kraken $1.25M for Offering Unregulated Margin Trading
According to a CFTC statement on Sept. 28, Kraken allowed U.S. customers to access products that were supposed to be prohibited for them. The order requires Kraken to pay a…
CFTC hits Kraken with $1.25M in fines over alleged illegal offering
“Margined, leveraged or financed digital asset trading offered to retail U.S. customers must occur on properly registered and regulated exchanges in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations,” said Vincent…
CFTC commissioner Dan Berkovitz will become SEC general counsel
The commissioner has said the CFTC’s enforcement actions in the crypto space have been “aggressive," and hinted that decentralized finance platforms were likely illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act.
CFTC commissioner: agency doesn’t have enforcement resources without Congress
"We’re not necessarily looking for more authority without more resources," said Dan Berkovitz in regards to crypto markets.