CFTC Requires Trading Platform to Pay $990K for Illegal Bitcoin-Related Transactions

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading commission fined a Marshall Islands-based startup and its owner for illegally trading with U.S. customers. The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced Monday, March 11, that international securities dealer 1pool Ltd. and its CEO Patrick Brunner must pay a total of $990,000 for illicit Bitcoin (BTC) transactions […]

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Investment Firm Invesco Launches Blockchain ETF on London Stock Exchange

United States-based investment management company Invesco is launching a exchange-traded fund on the London Stock Exchange. United States-based investment management company Invesco is launching a blockchain exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the London Stock Exchange (LSEG) today, March 11, financial newspaper Financial Times reports on March 9. Per the article, the Invesco Elwood Global Blockchain ETF […]

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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce: Crypto Markets Should Self-Regulate When Possible

“Crypto Mom” Hester M. Peirce has argued in favor of self-regulation for cryptocurrency markets when possible. United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Hester M. Peirce has argued in favor of self-regulation for cryptocurrency markets when possible. The commissioner made her remarks during a public talk together with former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) […]

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Crypto Markets Trade Sideways, Oil Demonstrates Slight Losses

Crypto markets have continued trading sideways, remaining relatively quiet with moderate losses throughout the top 20 coins. Friday, March 8 — cryptocurrency markets are trading sideways, remaining relatively quiet with moderate losses throughout the top 20 coins, according to Coin360. Market visualization from Coin360 The leading cryptocurrency Bitcoin (BTC) is up 0.5 percent during the […]

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Nouriel Roubini: ‘Cryptocurrency as a Technology Has Absolutely No Basis for Success’

Prominent economist and crypto critic Nouriel Roubini reiterated his anti-crypto stance, arguing that the tech has “no basis for success.” Economist and notorious cryptocurrency critic Nouriel Roubini has claimed that crypto “as a technology has absolutely no basis for success.” Roubini delivered his new anti-crypto arguments in an interview with the CFA Institute on March […]

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CFTC Chair: Blockchain Could Have Transformed Regulators Real-Time Response to 2008 Crash

The chairman of the CFTC says that blockchain would have transformed regulators’ real-time responses to the 2008 global financial crash. Christopher Giancarlo, chairman of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (СFTC), has said that blockchain would have transformed regulators’ real-time responses to the the 2008 global financial crash, if it had been in use […]

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