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CFTC Updates ‘RED List’ with 20 New Forex and Binary Brands
2019-12-05T18:59:20.000+02:00
The CFTC added 20 new names to the list, bringing the total number of backlisted entities to over 146.
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CFTC Charges $1.3 Billion in Regulatory Penalties in 2019
2019-11-26T00:18:13.000+02:00
All in, the CFTC brought 69 enforcement-related actions, slightly higher from 67 in 2018.
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Tassat Gets CFTC’s Nod to Offer Physically-Settled Bitcoin Derivatives
2019-11-08T12:35:43.000+02:00
The firm is planning to launch a crypto derivative exchange in the US.
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CFTC Charges Denari Capital & Co, with $8.3 Million FX Fraud
2019-11-06T09:20:18.000+02:00
The fraudsters managed to con at least 28 participants, the CFTC alleges.
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US Regulators Fine, Seize Domain of Swiss Bitcoin Broker
2019-10-31T21:37:19.000+02:00
The SEC charged XBT for selling securities on its platform that it failed to register as a futures commission merchant (FCM).
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CEO of Blue Bit Banc & Co. to Pay Millions in Penalties
2019-10-25T11:42:10.000+02:00
Blake Kantor, along with other defendants, were given permanent trading restrictions.
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CFTC Hits Circle Society with $11 Million Fraud Charges
2019-10-16T23:06:32.000+02:00
The fraud scheme has been going on since December 2017 until the CFTC uncovered the illicit enterprises last month.
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CFTC Chairman: ETH is a Commodity, ETH-Based Futures Expected
2019-10-11T07:59:11.000+02:00
Heath Tarbert says that Ether falls under the jurisdiction of the CFTC.
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Interactive Brokers Loses $17 Million in Retail FX Deposits
2019-10-04T22:39:54.000+02:00
Overall, US retail traders’ deposits came in at $604 million in August 2019, down from $628 million reported in July.
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CFTC Slaps Six Institutions with Fines for Reporting Failures
2019-10-02T08:17:56.000+02:00
Altogether, the fines equal more than $6 million.
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CFTC Charges Former Yukom Employees, Imposes Trading Bans
2019-10-01T08:00:33.000+02:00
The orders have been filed against Liora Welles, Yair Hadar, and Shira Uzan.
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LedgerX Claims CFTC Stalling Approvals Due to ‘Personal Bias’
2019-09-30T09:08:04.000+02:00
Bakkt beat LedgerX to launch the first physically-delivered BTC futures in the US.
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Money Makes Another Tipster Comes Forward, CFTC Hands out $7M
2019-09-27T23:07:43.000+02:00
CFTC doesn’t provide any details of the enforcement case that came out of the whistleblower tip.
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CFTC Settles Spoofing Charges with Ex-JPMorgan Metals Trader
2019-09-16T19:10:27.000+02:00
The case is the latest in a series of prosecutions brought by US regulators as they cracked down on spoofing.
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TP Americas Fined $13 Million by CFTC
2019-09-16T15:35:54.000+02:00
Voice brokers at the firm allegedly misled their clients and regulatory investigators
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CFTC Files Charges Against FuturesFX for Alleged FX Scam
2019-09-11T10:54:52.000+02:00
The charges are also against Simon Jousef, the owner of FuturesFX.
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SEC and CFTC Settle Charges Against OCC for $20 Million
2019-09-05T08:11:54.000+02:00
The OCC was charged with not having appropriate risk management procedures in place.
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TP ICAP Names Former CFTC Director as Global Head of Compliance
2019-09-03T14:07:43.000+02:00
Amir Zaidi worked at the US regulator for nine years.
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CFTC Launches $103m Case Against Binary Firms
2019-08-13T08:38:26.000+02:00
Four Israelis and five companies were named in the regulator's civil enforcement action
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US Court Orders Defendants to Pay $2.7 Million in FX Fraud
2019-08-12T15:45:28.000+02:00
Kevin Andre Perry and Lucrative Pips Corporation were accused of operating a forex trading scheme.
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CFTC Data: IB’ Retail FX Funds Surpass $100 Million in June
2019-08-07T06:19:35.000+02:00
Interactive Brokers was the best performer over the last two months after recording an overall rise of nearly 30 percent.
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CFTC Denies Approving LedgerX to Offer Physical Bitcoin Futures
2019-08-01T16:53:34.000+02:00
The company won a designated contract market license which should clear the way for physically delivered bitcoin futures
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Federal Court Allows CFTC Case Against $290M Fraud to Proceed
2019-07-26T18:49:01.000+02:00
The CFTC alleges Monex Deposit Company scammed thousands of retail customers out of more than $290 million.
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Social Media Forex Scheme Perpetrator Convicted
2019-07-19T16:19:58.000+02:00
Kelvin Ramirez is required to pay almost $3 million as he defrauded over 400 victims
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CFTC Investigating BitMEX for Services in the US
2019-07-19T12:50:17.000+02:00
The platform is popular among crypto derivatives traders in Asian countries.
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