2019-10-8 19:33 |
The WFE has appealed to the United Kingdom’s financial regulator not to ban cryptocurrency derivatives for retail investors
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Всемирная федерация бирж (WFE) попросила Управление по финансовому регулированию и надзору Великобритании (FCA) не запрещать продажу криптовалютных деривативов розничным инвесторам. The WFE has asked @TheFCA not to ban the sale of crypto derivatives to retail consumers while supporting the regulator’s desire to better protect vulnerable consumers.
2019-10-8 19:06 | |
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The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) intends to ban crypto-related derivatives aimed at retail investors, according to a recent article published by The Economist. A consultation in this regard ended yesterday, and the verdict will be available early next year.
2019-10-5 18:00 | |
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Britain’s top financial regulator, has just concluded a consultation on crypto asset derivatives products. It believes that amateur traders using the products have little awareness of the risks involved.
2019-10-4 01:00 | |
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The drama surrounding LedgerX and its battle with the CFTC takes a new twist with the company's CEO accusing the regulator of "personal animus"
2019-9-29 13:15 | |
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In July, the US regulator Commodity and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) started probing BitMEX, a leading crypto derivatives platform that offers 100x margin trading services to non-accredited investors.
2019-9-1 04:53 | |
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Noelle Acheson points out that the LedgerX confusion highlights potential CFTC priorities regarding the regulation of crypto derivatives that could lead to the opposite of what the regulator intends.
2019-8-12 12:35 | |
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Regulators in Texas have filed a cease and desist order against a New York-based cryptocurrency business promising a 900-percent return on investment in just two weeks. Forex and Bitcoin Trader, which was advertising on Craiglist Dallas, reportedly deals in cryptocurrency investments, commodity-based derivatives, and foreign currency trading.
2019-8-9 12:51 | |
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The race to launch regulated physically-delivered bitcoin futures is back on for three US-regulated trading platforms after one of them hit a snag with the country’s derivatives regulator, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
2019-8-9 06:16 | |
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Bitcoin derivatives provider LedgerX was supposed to launch yesterday after securing a CFTC license last month. Now, LedgerX is suing the CFTC after the regulator said it did not have all the appropriate licenses, butchering the launch.
2019-8-2 21:48 | |
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After undergoing a 15-month long and rigorous process under the legal guidance of PRT Lawyers and the Gibraltar authorities, Quedex has finally been granted a license to operate. The Gibraltar-based crypto-oriented futures and options exchange is now the first of this kind to earn the Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Providers license across the world. It […]
2019-8-1 17:42 | |
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An otherwise active social media personality, BitMEX CEO and co-founder Arthur Hayes has gone silent on Twitter for more than two weeks. Is it due to the ongoing CFTC investigation? His disappearance coincides with a probe launched by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) against BitMEX.
2019-7-29 20:30 | |
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The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission is going to investigate cryptocurrency derivatives exchange BitMEX, according to sources cited by Bloomberg. The regulator would focus on whether or not BitMEX, a Seychelles-based firm, has been offering services to the American citizens.
2019-7-19 15:00 | |
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The FCA outlines rules to prohibit the sale of CFDs and ETNs The UK markets regulator cited no reliable basis for valuation of underlying assets as one of the reasons The UK’s markets regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed a ban on the sale of derivatives and exchange-traded notes (ETNs) related to a […]
2019-7-3 20:10 | |
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The UK‘s Financial Conduct Authority has proposed a ban on cryptocurrency-related investment products to protect retail investors. In an announcement released earlier today, the FCA said that cryptocurrency-based derivatives and exchange traded notes (ETNs) are “ill-suited to retail consumers who cannot reliably assess the value and risks.
2019-7-3 15:43 | |
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today released further guidance on its position on cryptocurrencies. The UK’s chief financial regulator says it is seriously considering a complete ban on access to all crypto-linked derivatives for retail investors.
2019-7-3 14:34 | |
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The UK could be heading towards an outright ban on crypto leveraged trading products and contracts for difference (CFDs), which would make it one of the first developed economies to move towards strict regulation on a growing aspect of digital asset trading.
2019-7-2 18:28 | |
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By CCN: Facebook’s plans to launch the GlobalCoin cryptocurrency are moving full-steam ahead. According to the Financial Times, the social media giant has already initiated talks with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
2019-6-3 11:54 | |
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The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission says it's willing to approve Ether futures contracts as long as proposals meet all the regulator's requirements. If approved, these futures could give investors access to a new derivatives product, ease retailer concerns over accepting crypto, and solidify the CFTC's authority in the crypto industry.
2019-5-7 17:44 | |
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Britain’s financial regulator is seeking to clarify which cryptocurrency activities need to be officially authorized. The regulator is specifically cautioning that it may ban the sale of crypto derivatives such as CFDs later this year.
2019-1-24 19:40 | |
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Japan’s top financial regulator has clarified to news. Bitcoin. com its stance on bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), cryptocurrency derivatives, and upcoming regulatory changes. This follows reports that the agency may be considering approving an ETF that tracks cryptocurrencies.
2019-1-13 09:15 | |
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The questions on ethereum the CFTC put to the public show that the regulator has been considering derivatives on cryptocurrencies other than bitcoin - they also point to a new collaborative approach to sector oversight.
2018-12-22 18:09 | |
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In the latter half of 2018, few developments have occupied crypto investors’ headspaces like the industry’s indefatigable pursuit of a bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF).
2018-11-9 20:03 | |
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Europe’s securities watchdog, ESMA, has decided to extend the restrictions applied to a number of financial derivatives, including contracts-for-differences (CFDs) based on cryptocurrencies. The limits that were introduced in August of this year will now remain in place until the end of January 2019.
2018-9-29 04:30 | |
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