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CFTC Charges US Trader with FX and Commodities Fraud
2018-12-18T08:59:08.000+02:00
Dro Kholamian and his company Blue Star Trading allegedly misappropriated around $775,000 from at least three individuals.
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US Retail FX Deposits Climb in October as IB Doubles Stake
2018-12-08T00:21:46.000+02:00
The total assets belong to the U.S. retail forex traders climbed by nearly 10 percent in October.
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CFTC Fines Blue Guru Owner for Operating Illegal Scheme
2018-12-07T20:18:34.000+02:00
The documents were falsified to hide the fact that he had misappropriated much of the money.
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Takeaways from the CFTC's Guide to Smart Contracts
2018-11-27T17:50:39.000+02:00
US regulator aims to educate the public on the pluses and minuses of coded agreements.
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NY Court Slaps Hedge Fund Operators with $1 Million Fine
2018-11-15T21:49:44.000+02:00
The charges stem from an incident in April 2018, when the CFTC says Algointeractive misrepresented its founders’ experience.
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CFTC Fines Trader $1.1 Million for Bitcoin Theft
2018-11-12T15:24:54.000+02:00
Joseph Kim stole cryptocurrency from his company to pay off bad trades he had made himself.
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Commerzbank AG Fined $12 Million for Swap Dealing Violations
2018-11-09T12:54:17.000+02:00
The firm has been charged by the CFTC with failing to supervise its swap dealing activities.
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Another One Bites the Dust: Federal Court Bags $2.5M Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme
2018-10-19T08:40:42.000+02:00
Gelfman Blueprint Inc. and CEO Nicholas Gelfman misappropriated customers' funds for years.
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CFTC Commissioner: Developers Accountable for Illegal Smart Contracts
2018-10-17T15:26:17.000+02:00
Brian Quintenz discusses how it may be possible for a regulator to police an open-source software code.
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Gain Capital’s Retail FX Deposits Drop $10 Million in August, CFTC Data Shows
2018-10-10T18:31:16.000+02:00
Overall, the balances of US retail traders dropped $14.8 million.
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Are Bitcoin Bots Turning Wild West into Westworld?
2018-10-03T10:55:04.000+02:00
If automatic trading programmes are manipulating the price of Bitcoin, the integrity of the market could suffer.
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US Judge Rules: Cryptocurrency is a Commodity for Purposes of CFTC Case
2018-09-27T09:59:01.000+02:00
Judge decides that Bitcoin is traded via exchanges, and there are futures contracts linked to it, so it is a commodity.
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CFTC Says Y Trading Brand Was Binary Options Fraud
2018-09-26T20:50:36.000+02:00
Yehuda L. Belsky, of Brooklyn, New York and a company he previously owned violated a ban issued by the CFTC in 2008.
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Tens of Cryptocurrency Representatives Beg Congress for Regulation
2018-09-26T12:17:01.000+02:00
More than 50 people spoke at a Congressional hearing hosted by representative Warren Davidson.
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US Regulator Hits Bank of America with $30M Fine for Manipulating USD Benchmark
2018-09-19T22:17:37.000+02:00
Bank of America traders attempted to manipulate the US dollar iteration of ISDAfix.
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CFTC Slaps ICAP with $50 Million Fine for Benchmark Manipulation
2018-09-19T08:08:04.000+02:00
For around five years swaps brokers at ICAP helped its bank clients manipulate the USD ISDAFIX benchmark.
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Morgan Stanley Has Bitcoin Swaps Ready, Waiting For 'Institutional Demand'
2018-09-13T17:04:55.000+02:00
The investment bank's new financial derivative would be based on Bitcoin futures, which are also financial derivatives.
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CFTC Data Shows Slight Increase in US Retail FX Deposits for July 2018
2018-09-07T23:13:10.000+02:00
Two of the four FX firms listed notched increases in Retail Forex Obligations.
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SEC Awards $54 Million to 2 Whistleblowers to Ramp Up Regulatory Enforcement
2018-09-07T08:11:25.000+02:00
The SEC has intensified its efforts to investigate private companies, including Elon Musk's Tesla.
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CFTC Charges FX Trader Jason Amada and Firm with Fraud
2018-08-30T08:12:29.000+02:00
The complaint from the regulator alleges that in two months Amada caused around $280,000 in losses.
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Federal Court Fines Operator of Cryptocurrency Fraud $1.1 Million
2018-08-24T18:00:28.000+02:00
The claim was made that pool participants could get extraordinary investment returns - up to 300% in less than a week.
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CFTC Fines Minneapolis Futures Broker $100,000 for Fraudulent Misconduct
2018-08-10T20:37:57.000+02:00
Christian Robert Mayer has been charged with engaging in a fraudulent trading scheme by the commodities regulator.
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Gain Capital’s Retail FX Funds Drop $4.5 Million in June, CFTC Data Shows
2018-08-07T19:06:37.000+02:00
Two of the four FX firms listed notched increases in Retail Forex Obligations.
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The CFTC Granted $45 Million in Whistleblower Rewards Last Month
2018-08-03T11:30:08.000+02:00
The CFTC's Whistleblower Program is hoping to attract more tip-offs with high payoffs.
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CFTC Sues Bulgarian FX Broker JAFX for Accepting US Clients
2018-07-31T21:01:17.000+02:00
JAFX violated the Commodity Exchange Act and agency rules by not registering as a retail foreign exchange dealer.
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