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… honored to have served as a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission over the last four years.  My …  During my term, the CFTC has overseen the listing of Bitcoin futures contracts; the custody of digital assets within the …
… ago—three years before Congress even created the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as an independent … (DCOs) that clear crypto derivatives.   When you trade bitcoin or ether futures on a DCM and clear through a DCO, … and this crypto winter usher in a new era beyond the bitcoin gold standard?   What new digital specie—what new …
… are my own and do not represent the views of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) or my fellow … markets and the work of a small U.S. agency overseeing the futures markets.  I quickly discovered that my college … and clearing derivatives on cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and ether.  In addition, we also are seeing …
… of J. Christopher Giancarlo Chairman U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission before the House Committee on … District of New York against a company over an alleged Bitcoin investment scheme, involving fraud, … Misappropriation, and Issuing False Account Statements in Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme (Sept. 21, 2017), available at …
… for swap dealers (SDs), major swap participants (MSPs), and futures commission merchants (FCMs).  In the decade since … their development alongside the first self-certification of Bitcoin futures and binary options contracts, [34] I … for releasing backgrounders on self-certification of bitcoin products [35] and on the oversight of and approach …
… since 1904.  If you’ve ever typed in “fia.com” to reach the Futures Industry Association, you may have landed on their … approval of applications to list and trade shares of spot bitcoin exchange-traded products (ETPs) was viewed by many … for digital assets.  And even for regulated products like bitcoin futures, their legitimacy alone is not based on a …
… Rostin Behnam at the FIA Boca 2018 International Futures Industry 43rd Annual Conference, Boca Raton, Florida … genuine dialogue. Accountability In the aftermath of the bitcoin self-certification discussions of 2017, I expressed … for 2018. Having already met once this year, regarding bitcoin and the self-certification process, the MRAC is ripe …
… The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today filed a complaint in … Holdings Limited Corporation, collectively d/b/a Digitex Futures) with illegally offering digital asset futures, including bitcoin and ether futures, failing to register as a futures
… Remarks of Commissioner Rostin Behnam before the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s International Regulators … already met once this year, regarding a very hot topic: bitcoin, I believe the MRAC, as it is more commonly known, … of regulatory deference to overseas regulators in the futures and swaps markets. What do we mean by deference? …
… of 14 entities with falsely claiming to be CFTC-registered futures commission merchants (FCMs), registered foreign … represents the largest fraudulent scheme case involving bitcoin resolved by the CFTC to date. The CFTC also brought … allegations involve trading in crude oil and natural gas futures. Similarly, the CFTC is aggressively addressing …