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Bitcoin News
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 over potential fraud and lost equity....
Tag: CFTC
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Bitcoin NewsLedger 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 investors to purchase derivatives that “pay...
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Altcoin NewsFacebook Meets with CFTC Regarding Crypto Plans
Facebook is now talking with financial regulators throughout the United States regarding its plans for an upcoming cryptocurrency. The Coin Is Really Happening While the details of these meetings have...
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Bitcoin NewsBloomberg: Tether’s Financial Statements Are True
For several months, Tether has been the subject of mass speculation. Ever since a report emerged last summer alleging that the stable coin was responsible for bitcoin’s meteoric rise in...
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EthereumThe CFTC Isn’t Quite Ready for Ethereum Futures
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has indicated that it still has problems with Ethereum, the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency. Ethereum Gets Dethroned… A longtime holder of the number two position,...
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Altcoin NewsCFTC Introduces Guideline for Smart Contracts
A key component of blockchain technology, smart contracts, have caught the eye of LabCFTC, which have subsequently released a guideline for them. Disruptive technology can be confusing and concerning for...
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Altcoin NewsCryptocurrency Trader Ordered to 15 Months in Jail and $1.1m Fine for Bitcoin Fraud
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an Order against a cryptocurrency trader, requiring him to pay upwards of $1.1 million and to serve 15 months in prison over...
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Altcoin NewsGlobal Crypto Regulation Guidelines to Be Introduced by Next Year
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has recently reported that it will be launching its guideline for crypto industry regulations within the first half of 2019. Cryptocurrency adoption definitely seems to...
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Altcoin NewsBitcoin Ponzi Scheme Busted! Gelfman Blueprint, Inc (GBI) to Pay $2.5 Million Fine
A complaint filed by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) against a crypto platform and its CEO has resulted in the Federal Court ordering the business to pay over...