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CFTC 'to Prioritize' Cryptocurrency in 2019

  • The regulator has published the divisional examination priorities for the first time and included crypto as a main focus
Thursday, 14/02/2019 | 10:06 GMT by Arnab Shome
Regulation

CFTC Fines Man and His Wife on $13 Million Investment Fraud

  • The CFTC says the couple used their faith to get church members to trust them to invest.
Friday, 08/02/2019 | 20:39 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader
Regulation

CFTC Slaps $100K Fine on EX-UBS Trader Accused of Spoofing

  • Flotron and co-conspirators made large orders for precious metals transactions that they had no intention of completing.
Thursday, 07/02/2019 | 22:40 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader
Brokers

American Dream Makes a Comeback: FX Market Recovers in 2018

  • Active retail FX accounts in the US grew in 2018, with Q4 showing the strongest results in years.
Tuesday, 05/02/2019 | 07:08 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Brokers

Breaking: IG Group Officially Launches IG US

  • IG Group’s move marks its return to the US market after closing IG Markets in 2011.
Friday, 01/02/2019 | 12:51 GMT by Victor Golovtchenko
Brokers

CFTC Data: Retail FX Funds Drop 14% for Interactive Brokers

  • OANDA was the only entity to report an increase from October’s data to December.
Tuesday, 29/01/2019 | 13:24 GMT by Celeste Skinner
News

US Congressman: CFTC, Not SEC, Should Regulate Crypto

  • Soto introduced a bipartisan bill last month to exclude crypto from standard securities law.
Friday, 11/01/2019 | 08:51 GMT by Arnab Shome
Regulation

CFTC Fines Iowa Trader $2.1 Million over Commodity Fraud

  • One client gave him ‎‎$100,000 as he claimed 10% per day returns provided that they would ‎split the profits 50/50 every week.
Friday, 21/12/2018 | 22:19 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader
Regulation

CFTC Wins $1.6 Million in Penalties Against Global FX Club

  • The company's owner was previously fined $400,000 and sentenced to 21 months of prison.
Friday, 21/12/2018 | 18:00 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader
News

ICE Seeks CFTC Approval for Physical Bitcoin Futures

  • The Intercontinental Exchange is discussing cybersecurity with the US regulator.
Friday, 21/12/2018 | 11:23 GMT by Victor Golovtchenko
Exchanges

CFTC Gives Eurex the Go-Ahead to Clear for US Investors

  • The German exchange will be able to clear interest rate swaps for US asset managers and hedge funds.
Thursday, 20/12/2018 | 08:41 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Regulation

CFTC Charges US Trader with FX and Commodities Fraud

  • Dro Kholamian and his company Blue Star Trading allegedly misappropriated around $775,000 from at least three individuals.
Tuesday, 18/12/2018 | 06:59 GMT by Celeste Skinner
Brokers

US Retail FX Deposits Climb in October as IB Doubles Stake

  • The total assets belong to the U.S. retail forex traders climbed by nearly 10 percent in October.
Friday, 07/12/2018 | 22:21 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader
Regulation

CFTC Fines Blue Guru Owner for Operating Illegal Scheme

  • The documents were falsified to hide the fact that he had misappropriated much of the money.
Friday, 07/12/2018 | 18:18 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader
News

Takeaways from the CFTC's Guide to Smart Contracts

  • US regulator aims to educate the public on the pluses and minuses of coded agreements.
Tuesday, 27/11/2018 | 15:50 GMT by Simon Golstein
Regulation

NY Court Slaps Hedge Fund Operators with $1 Million Fine

  • The charges stem from an incident in April 2018, when the CFTC says Algointeractive misrepresented its founders’ experience.
Thursday, 15/11/2018 | 19:49 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader
News

CFTC Fines Trader $1.1 Million for Bitcoin Theft

  • Joseph Kim stole cryptocurrency from his company to pay off bad trades he had made himself.
Monday, 12/11/2018 | 13:24 GMT by David Kimberley
Regulation

Commerzbank AG Fined $12 Million for Swap Dealing Violations

  • The firm has been charged by the CFTC with failing to supervise its swap dealing activities.
Friday, 09/11/2018 | 10:54 GMT by Celeste Skinner
News

Another One Bites the Dust: Federal Court Bags $2.5M Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme

  • Gelfman Blueprint Inc. and CEO Nicholas Gelfman misappropriated customers' funds for years.
Friday, 19/10/2018 | 06:40 GMT by Rachel McIntosh
News

CFTC Commissioner: Developers Accountable for Illegal Smart Contracts

  • Brian Quintenz discusses how it may be possible for a regulator to police an open-source software code.
Wednesday, 17/10/2018 | 13:26 GMT by Simon Golstein
Brokers

Gain Capital’s Retail FX Deposits Drop $10 Million in August, CFTC Data Shows

  • Overall, the balances of US retail traders dropped $14.8 million.
Wednesday, 10/10/2018 | 16:31 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader
News

Are Bitcoin Bots Turning Wild West into Westworld?

  • If automatic trading programmes are manipulating the price of Bitcoin, the integrity of the market could suffer.
Wednesday, 03/10/2018 | 08:55 GMT by Simon Golstein
News

US Judge Rules: Cryptocurrency is a Commodity for Purposes of CFTC Case

  • Judge decides that Bitcoin is traded via exchanges, and there are futures contracts linked to it, so it is a commodity.
Thursday, 27/09/2018 | 07:59 GMT by Simon Golstein
Regulation

CFTC Says Y Trading Brand Was Binary Options Fraud

  • Yehuda L. Belsky, of Brooklyn, New York and a company he previously owned violated a ban issued by the CFTC in 2008.
Wednesday, 26/09/2018 | 18:50 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader
News

Tens of Cryptocurrency Representatives Beg Congress for Regulation

  • More than 50 people spoke at a Congressional hearing hosted by representative Warren Davidson.
Wednesday, 26/09/2018 | 10:17 GMT by Simon Golstein
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