Former CFTC Chairman Timothy Massad On Bitcoin And Digital Asset Privacy
While attending the MIT Bitcoin Expo this past weekend, I was afforded the opportunity to sit down with Timothy Massad,...
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XRP outperforms market as Coinbase seeks CFTC approval for futures trading
Coinbase Derivatives has taken a major step toward expanding its crypto offerings by filing with the US Commodity Futures Trading...
Crypto Derivatives Get a Boost from US CFTC
The US Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) scrapped a key directive that had previously signaled increased scrutiny for digital asset...
FDIC and CFTC Rescind Old Crypto Guidelines
The FDIC and CFTC have both been working to change previous crypto guidelines. As federal regulators reconcile with the industry,...
US regulators FDIC and CFTC ease crypto restrictions for banks, derivatives
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) said in a March 28 letter that institutions under its oversight, including banks, can...
Crypto platform Debiex must pay $2.5M in CFTC ‘pig butchering’ case
Crypto platform Debiex has been ordered to pay around $2.5 million after it failed to respond to a US Commodity...
CFTC and SEC confirm joint effort to tackle crypto regulation
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) acting chair Caroline Pham revealed that the regulator is cooperating closely with the US Securities...
Former CFTC lawyer says agency should take lead on memecoin regulations
The disagreement over whether the SEC or the CFTC should regulate memecoins points to confusion arising from the lack of...
CFTC not SEC could regulate memecoins in US
US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Hester Peirce has acknowledged that the financial regulator may not have the authority...
Trump Plans to Pick a16z Crypto’s Quintenz to Head CFTC: Report
President Donald Trump plans to pick Brian Quintenz, the head of policy at Andreessen Horowitz’s (a16z) crypto division, to lead...