SEC Pursues $45M Scam Based in Fake Blockchain Technology
The U.S. securities agency is going after the people behind what it says was a massive fraud stealing from tens of thousands of investors.
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Jan 4, 2023 at 11:18 p.m. UTC
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Crypto Will See 'a Lot More Proactive Enforcement' Thanks to the Four Horsemen of the Cryptocalypse: Columnist
CoinDesk Chief Insights Columnist David Z. Morris discusses how CoinDesk's Most Influential 2022's four horsemen of the cryptocalypse – Do Kwon, Su Zhu, Alex Mashinsky and Ste...
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Dec 8, 2022 at 9:17 p.m. UTC
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US CFTC Commissioner Cites Latest Crypto Sanction in Call for New Rules
Commissioner Kristin Johnson is pushing for her agency to work on policies to further tighten custody of customer assets as the CFTC sanctions another crypto Ponzi scheme.
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Dec 1, 2022 at 9:56 p.m. UTC
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CFTC Chair Behnam Says ‘Number One Accomplishment’ Is Track Record of Enforcement Actions
Behnam said he gets “very irritated” by the crypto industry’s perception that the CFTC is a friendlier regulator than the SEC.
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Oct 24, 2022 at 8:30 p.m. UTC
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Over a Fifth of Cases in CFTC’s 2022 Crackdown Were Crypto-Related
The federal regulator’s annual enforcement results revealed that over 20% of the CFTC’s enforcement actions in 2022 involved crypto.
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Oct 20, 2022 at 9:00 p.m. UTC
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Ooki DAO Case So ‘Egregious,’ CFTC Had No Choice, Chair Behnam Says
"Don't expect this to be a free pass," he said of using a DAO to evade U.S. laws.
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Oct 11, 2022 at 4:51 p.m. UTC
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US CFTC as Crypto’s Regulatory Savior? Crypto Firms Might Not Like What They Get
The Securities and Exchange Commission is treated as a villain in crypto, but the view of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as a government ally may not survive the hon...
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Oct 5, 2022 at 8:01 p.m. UTC
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Kim Kardashian's EthereumMax Promotion Was a 'Gift' to the SEC
Lisa Braganca, former SEC enforcement branch chief, joined “First Mover” to discuss the implications for celebrities after Kardashian was fined for promoting a crypto token.
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Oct 4, 2022 at 4:53 p.m. UTC
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CFTC Charges Digitex Founder Adam Todd With Running Illegal Crypto Derivatives Trading Platform
The regulator said Todd failed to register his service as a futures trading platform with the agency.
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Sep 30, 2022 at 5:14 p.m. UTC
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India's Enforcement Directorate Freezes $1.5M in Bitcoin in Gaming App E-Nuggets Case
The agency has been conducting several search operations related to an "illegal loan apps" scam with China links .
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Sep 28, 2022 at 12:39 p.m. UTC
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