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CFTC Investigating $1.7 Billion Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed charges against a company in South Africa and its head executive for allegedly running the...

The CFTC Is Practically Begging to Regulate Crypto

The ongoing crypto crash has caused the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to boost calls for regulation. The CFTC Wants to Oversee Crypto Activity Back in...

Gemini Sued Over Allegedly Misleading BTC Derivatives Data

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced a new lawsuit against the Gemini Exchange in New York. The agency is accusing the crypto...

UK Man Charged with Bitcoin Scam, Incurs Huge Financial Penalty

Cryptocurrency fraud is and always has been a problem in the financial space, but it’s rare that a scam of this magnitude comes along....

Coinbase Gets a Slap on the Wrist from the CFTC

Popular leading cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is getting some guff from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in the form of a $6.5 million penalty. Coinbase...

CFTC Charges Four Men With Crypto Fraud

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed charges against four individuals – three in Texas and one in Florida. All four of the...

Institutional Investors Are Rushing to Bitcoin in Droves

For some time now, people within the crypto space have been stating that institutional investors are rushing into the crypto arena and looking to...

Crypto Wallet Abra Settles with the SEC

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have charged both Abra and Plutus Technologies for swapping securities and...

The CFTC Can’t Find the Leader of a Near $150 Million BTC Scam

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) says it is having trouble locating a man named Benjamin Reynolds, a person allegedly responsible for a bitcoin...

People Are Still Confused About How to Classify Bitcoin

Bitcoin is a complicated asset, but nothing appears more complicated about bitcoin than what category it should fall into. So, What IS Bitcoin, Exactly? Everywhere you...

Early BitMEX Investor Files Suit Against the Platform

BitMEX – one of the world’s largest and most prominent bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchanges – is being sued by one of its early investors...

Ledger X Potentially Falls Behind on Derivatives Promises

U.S.-regulated bitcoin derivatives exchange Ledger X has been saying for the last few weeks that it will be the first crypto exchange to allow...