The CFTC filed charges against Binance, the world’s largest central digital asset exchange, and its CEO, alleging that the firm solicited U.S. customers while evading the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC rules.
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The SEC filed a complaint against a crypto asset entrepreneur and his wholly-owned companies for (i) unregistered trading of crypto asset securities, (ii) manipulative trading practices and (iii) creating a publicity campaign for his crypto securities without disclosing that the celebrities involved were being compensated.
In an address to the FIA Boca 2023 International Futures Industry Conference, CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam responded to recent developments on cyber risk and service providers, climate risk and crypto risk.
The New York Office of the Attorney General charged a cryptocurrency trading platform with failing to register as an offeror, seller or purchaser of securities or commodities within the state.
At an oversight hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam identified areas for improvement within the CFTC regulatory framework to address the “dislocation” between regulation and technological innovation.