Three Representatives are calling on the Secretary of Commerce to study blockchain for consumer protection. A trio of United States House Representatives — two Democrats and a Republican — have officially introduced a new bill to spur more in-depth analysis of blockchain technology in Congress. On Sept. 1, Rep. Darren Soto (D-FL), Rep. Brett Guthrie […]
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While nobody can find the man behind alleged ponzi scheme Control-Finance, the CFTC is asking the court to throw the book at him. In the case of United Kingdom-based Control-Finance and its AWOL operator Benjamin Reynolds, the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission asked the court to order Reynolds pay nearly half a billion dollars […]
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Senate looks at tech and innovation, including CBDC development, as critical area within rising tensions with China. On July 22, the Senate Banking Committee’s Subcommittee on Economic Policy held a hearing on the role of innovation in the rising com Today’s hearing comes on the heels of a Department of Justice indictment yesterday against several […]
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According to former CFTC Commissioner Sharon Bowen, the U.S. is behind other nations working on a CBDC. Sharon Bowen, a former Commissioner at the United States Commodities Futures Trading Commission, today said that the U.S. was falling behind other nations that are working on a central bank digital currency, or CBDC. During a webinar hosted […]
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In this week’s newsletter, we look at a series of developments that test the limits of governmental authority over crypto, as well as the contest with social media. Every Friday, Law Decoded delivers analysis on the week’s critical stories in the realms of policy, regulation and law. Editor’s note New developments in crypto this week […]
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An upcoming U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, advisory group meeting will host talk on a number of topics, including Distributed Ledger Technology, or DLT, digital assets and trading. The Technology Advisory Committee, or TAC, a technology consultative wing of the CFTC, plans to conduct a remote gathering on July 16, addressing a number […]
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Two related cryptocurrency firms have fallen foul of U.S. financial regulators for entering into illegal off-exchange swaps in digital assets and foreign currency. Two related cryptocurrency firms have fallen foul of United States financial regulators for entering into illegal off-exchange swaps in digital assets and foreign currency. On July 13, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading […]
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U.S. regulators team up to fine and halt a crypto portfolio app offering synthetic exposure to traditional assets, which was not offered to U.S. investors. The Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a joint fine to Abra, a crypto portfolio app that let users get synthetic exposure to traditional markets. According […]
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As institutions flock to crypto, here are the fundamental metrics that can be used to track their interest. The growth of the crypto derivatives market in 2020 has been a story of its own, mainly driven by Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) options traded on exchanges such as the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Deribit, OKEx, Binance […]
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CBDCs are one of the hottest topics in the fintech space, but as their inception comes closer, serious privacy concerns come with it. Central Bank Digital Currencies, or CBDCs, have been an increasingly popular topic in the cryptosphere and financial world as a whole, especially with the onset of the COVID-19 crisis. In the United […]
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