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CFTC Chairman Thinks More Bitcoin Surveillance and Crypto Enforcement is Necessary

In order to have a better enforcement and surveillance of cryptocurrency products, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission will have to spend more on technology, says CFTC Chairman Chris Giancarlo. According to the CFTC’s interpretation, the term “virtual currency” incorporates any digital representation of value that functions as a medium of exchange, as well as any […] дальше »

2018-8-19 21:04


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CFTC And Its Jurisdiction Over Cryptocurrencies

It was in 2015 that the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) first put its foot down on the unregistered bitcoin options trading platform Coinflip Inc. This event stirred up many debates in the crypto community about the legal nature of bitcoin and other virtual currencies, as well as CFTCs jurisdictional scope in the crypto […] The post CFTC And Its Jurisdiction Over Cryptocurrencies appeared first on Crypto Briefing. дальше »

2018-8-19 22:52


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Understanding Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds: What Is a Bitcoin ETF?

Let us first understand what an exchange-traded fund is and then take a closer look at Bitcoin ETFs. What is an ETF? An exchange-traded fund (ETF), if you had to go by the textbook definition, is what Investopedia defines as “a marketable security that tracks an index, a commodity, bonds, or a basket of assets […] Understanding Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds: What Is a Bitcoin ETF? was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. дальше »

2018-8-11 15:00


Kratos ICO (TOS Token): Blockchain Physical Commodities Trading?

What Is Kratos? KRATOS is a distributed commodities trading platform whose objective is to transmute and improve global tangible commodity trading all over its product life cycle. There are challenges one has to face during commodities trading, including manual certification, inadequate belief, and needless third parties. дальше »

2018-8-10 13:36


CFTC Is Four Years Behind on Crypto Regulation, Chairman Admits

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission is at least four years behind its peers on crypto regulation, its chairman admitted on July 25. Speaking to the House Committee on Agriculture, Christopher Giancarlo stated that the current regulatory framework restricts it from taking a proactive role in the crypto industry and instead relegates it to dealing […] дальше »

2018-7-29 23:00


Testing blockchain is needed because we are behind

Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Christopher Giancarlo outlined his agency’s interest in blockchain technology during a Congressional hearing Wednesday, July 25. The chairman emphasized the need for the appropriate procedures that would enable the CFTC to examine innovative blockchain tech for potential future use cases. The hearing, titled “Examining the Upcoming дальше »

2018-7-26 06:01


In today’s edition of Bitcoin in Brief we cover a number of stories related to crime from around the cryptosphere: an exchange operator pleads guilty to securities fraud, a scammer is fined over $1.9 million for bitcoin and binary options fraud,

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said: “Montroll deceived his investors and then attempted to deceive the SEC. He also failed to register with the CFTC as a Commodity Pool Operator. He promised to convert this into fiat and invest it on customers’ behalf in a pooled investment, including trading binary options on an online дальше »

2018-7-25 18:25


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Blockchain Group to Enhance Minerals Industry

A Switzerland-based trading platform for metal concentrates is forming a blockchain consortium aimed to streamline supply chains in the minerals industry. To that end, Open Mineral – a startup established by a group of former employees from commodity trading and mining giant Glencore – said it has already started working with the ethereum startup ConsenSys to дальше »

2018-7-9 20:56