US Regulators Say They Want to Avoid ‘Hindering’ Blockchain Innovation U.S. regulators don’t aim to suppress innovation in the blockchain industry, representatives said during a panel at CoinDesk’s Consensus 2018.… Read More
Security or Currency? Jury to Decide Next Year in ICO Fraud Case A jury will decide whether tokens issued through two allegedly fraudulent initial coin offerings (ICOs) count as securities.… Read More
CFTC Officials Want Close Cooperation With SEC on Crypto Rules Two members of the U.S. commodities regulator spoke at a conference. One stressed enforcement, the other working with the industry.… Read More
Everything Ex-CFTC Chair Gary Gensler Said About Cryptos Being Securities Here are former CFTC chairman Gary Gensler’s full remarks from Monday at the Business of Blockchain event. … Read More
CabbageTech CEO Concedes in CFTC Crypto Fraud Suit CabbageTech CEO Patrick McDonnell has ceased his fight with the CFTC, potentially affirming the regulator’s power to oversee cryptos as commodities.… Read More
How to Defend Yourself Against Pump-and-Dump Crypto Scams Until regulators come up with rules to curb pump-and-dump schemes, investors need to be extra cautious so they don’t get taken for a ride. … Read More
Most Cryptos Aren’t Commodities, Defendants Claim in CFTC Case Defendants from My Big Coin Pay, which is being sued by the CFTC for fraud, argue that the agency lacks jurisdiction over the case. … Read More
Riot Blockchain Acquires Futures Brokerage After Crypto Pivot Riot Blockchain announced it would “investigate” creating a crypto exchange and futures product after acquiring a registered brokerage.… Read More
CFTC Hits Wall Trying to Serve Bitcoin Fraud Summons In new filings, the CFTC alleges that former bitcoin binary options trader accused of fraud is trying to avoid authorities. … Read More
CFTC Official Backs Winklevoss Brothers’ Crypto Self-Regulation Bid CFTC Commissioner Brian Quintenz has expressed approval over a virtual commodities SRO proposed by Gemini founders Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss.… Read More