CFTC
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The individual issuers are working with SEC staff to get registration statements approved, Gensler said
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Humanity Protocol also announced a $30 million round, giving the Worldcoin competitor a $1 billion valuation
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CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam said a growing crypto industry and lack of US laws is going to inevitably lead to more enforcement actions
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The CFTC’s complaint classifies KuCoin’s “leveraged tokens” as digital asset commodity derivatives
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The Department of Justice and Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced back-to-back lawsuits against KuCoin Tuesday
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Bitcoin and ether are commodities, Behnam said, but if the SEC claims otherwise, things could get complicated
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DeFi founders must be willing to embrace the full extent of decentralization in their own projects
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The two are charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering, wire fraud, money laundering and obstruction of justice
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It’s unclear what “actions” the CFTC, DOJ and Treasury will announce Tuesday afternoon
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In a statement on Tuesday, Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero said crypto continued to attract a steady stream of fraud and illegal activity
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The CFTC’s self-proclaimed campaign against DeFi puts the future of US innovation at risk
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The bill, being floated as a “common-sense” approach, aims to “restore” transparency and “confidence” to the digital asset market, according to Rep. Beyer
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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce joined Rep. Tom Emmer, former CFTC Commissioner Brian Quintenz and Blockchain Association CEO Kristin Smith to talk policy at Permissionless Monday
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The CFTC can’t charge a protocol just because third parties used it to break the law, one commissioner says
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ZeroEx, the developer of 0x Procotol, alongside Opyn and Deridex are ordered to cease and desist from further alleged violations against the Commodity Exchange Act
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The program should be time-limited and designed from a series of roundtable discussions between regulators and stakeholders, Caroline Pham suggested
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The crypto exchange has gained approval to operate as a futures commission merchant two years after filing an application with the National Futures Association
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Binance claims the CFTC doesn’t have the right to police its foreign entities because they’re not based in the US
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Binance intends to file a motion to dismiss a CFTC lawsuit, which alleges it knowingly allowed US-based traders access to crypto derivatives
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The bill focuses in part on the regulatory roles of the CFTC and the SEC in the crypto market, as well as classifications for digital assets
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Brian Brooks, ex-acting comptroller of the currency, is set to advise crypto asset manager Hashdex, the latest example of a trend seen over the last two years
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NFTs haven’t recovered from last year, and Dapper Labs’ latest layoffs reflect the market
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The DOJ claimed Mashinsky “orchestrated a scheme to defraud customers of Celsius Network” together with a former chief revenue officer
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