Commodity Futures Trading Commission

126 results about this entity

Period: 02 Oct 2008 - 14 Jan 2025

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CFTC sues Gemini over 'false statements' relating bitcoin futures plan

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has sued Gemini Trust accusing the crypto exchange of false statements relating to the self-certification of a bitcoin futures product.

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JPMorgan Chase fined $200 million for conducting business on WhatsApp

JPMorgan Chase has received a $125 million penalty from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), for allowing Wall Street employees to use apps including WhatsApp to get around US federal record-keeping laws.

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CFTC hits Tether and Bitfinex with fines totalling $42.5m

Tether has been hit with a $41 million penalty from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission over misleading claim that its stablecoin was fully backed by US dollars. Separately, the CFTC has fined sister company Bitfinex $1.5 million for illegal transactions.

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Citi fined $1 million for swap data reporting violations

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today filed and settled charges against Citibank, N.A. and Citigroup Global Markets Limited (collectively, Citi), two provisionally registered swap dealers, for failing to comply with certain swap dealer requirements for reporting Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) information to a swap data repository (SDR) and related supervision failures.

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CFTC commissioner clarifies scope of digital asset regulation

Remarks of CFTC commissioner Dawn D Stump before Texas A&M's bitcoin conference.

Coinbase slapped with $6.5 million fine by CFTC

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued an order filing and settling charges against digital asset exchange operator Coinbase Inc., based in San Francisco, California, for reckless false, misleading, or inaccurate reporting as well as wash trading by a former employee on Coinbase’s GDAX platform.

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CFTC establishes new climate risk unit

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Acting Chairman Rostin Behnam today announced he has established the Climate Risk Unit (CRU) to support the agency’s mission by focusing on the role of derivatives in understanding, pricing, and addressing climate-related risk and transitioning to a low-carbon economy.

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LabCFTC releases digital assets primer

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today released a Digital Assets Primer to provide updated information to the public about emerging concepts in digital assets.

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CFTC and South African Reserve Bank form fintech pact

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) today announced they have signed a Statement of Intent to cooperate and support innovation through each authority’s respective financial technology (fintech) initiative—CFTC’s LabCFTC and SARB’s Fintech Unit.

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CFTC sets up data division as part of organisational overhaul

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced it has completed negotiations to reorganize certain portions of the agency to enhance the CFTC’s operational effectiveness.

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CFTC tightens crypto rules for Futures Commission Merchants

The Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued an advisory to futures commission merchants (FCMs) regarding the holding of virtual currency in segregated accounts.

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CFTC hits Morgan Stanley with $5 million fine for swap data reporting failures

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced that it has filed and settled charges against Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC, a provisionally registered swap dealer, for failing to comply with swap data reporting obligations.