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Statement of Commissioner Caroline D. Pham Regarding NFA Rule on Spot Digital Asset Commodity Activities
… activity in spot digital asset commodities such as Bitcoin and Ether.  This is a clear example of using … explicitly disclose the risks associated with trading spot Bitcoin and Ether, so that customers are fully informed …  Many firms registered with the CFTC to become regulated as futures commission merchants (FCMs) and as NFA Forex Dealer …
Atlanta Economics Club Keynote Address At The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta by Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson
… serve in my current role as a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission), I served as … additionality and permanence.  Let’s Begin at the Beginning—Bitcoin and the Rising Threat of Climate-Related Risks   In the innocuously titled white paper - Bitcoin: A Peer to Peer Electronic Cash System —an author …
Remarks of Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo at the Eurofi Financial Forum, Bucharest, Romania
… last appearance at Eurofi as Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, I hope you will forgive me if I … of new derivatives products on crypto-assets like Bitcoin.  We have resisted calls to use our legal powers to … while not hindering the introduction of new products like bitcoin futures, which have proven invaluable in letting …
Special Address of CFTC Commissioner J. Christopher Giancarlo Before the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation 2016 Blockchain Symposium
… do not necessarily constitute the views of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission), my fellow … ions/Documents/quarterlybulletin/2014/qb14q3digitalcurrenciesbitcoin1.pdf ; see also Tomas Hirst, The Bank of England Just Said It Thinks Bitcoin Could Be Huge , Business Insider, Sept. 11, 2014, …
Statement of Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson Regarding CFTC Consent Order Imposing $1.7 Billion in Restitution against South African Commodity Pool Operator
… Today, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) announced … scheme by which they solicited and accepted nearly 30,000 bitcoin from at least 23,000 people located in the U.S. for … Pool Operator and CEO with $1.7 Billion Fraud Involving Bitcoin, June 20, 2022, …
Remarks of Commissioner Brian D. Quintenz before the Eurofi High Level Seminar 2018
… his groundbreaking paper on a cryptocurrency called Bitcoin almost a decade ago, we have witnessed the … to derivatives trading on cryptocurrencies – such as futures contracts on Bitcoin – including setting requirements for registration of …
Keynote Address of Commissioner J. Christopher Giancarlo before the Markit Group, 2016 Annual Customer Conference New York
… do not necessarily constitute the views of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), my fellow CFTC … UBS Bank Is Experimenting with “Smart-Bonds” Using the Bitcoin Blockchain , Bitcoin Magazine, June 12, 2015, …
Testimony of Chairman Rostin Behnam Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
… it is already too late. Dating back to when the first bitcoin futures contracts and binary options self-certified in 2017, … Number 7654-17, CFTC, Statement on Self-Certification of Bitcoin Products by CME, CFE and Cantor Exchange (Dec. 1, …
Remarks of CFTC Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero before the International Swaps and Derivatives Association’s Crypto Forum 2022, New York
… decade as the Special Inspector General over TARP. You see, Bitcoin, the first cryptocurrency, was borne of, or at least … Congress authorized TARP, Satoshi Nakamoto, the inventor of Bitcoin, published a whitepaper stating, “I’ve been working … foundation may have liquidated as much as $3.5 billion of Bitcoin, placing downward pressure on Bitcoin, affecting all …
Testimony of Chairman Rostin Behnam Regarding “Examining Digital Assets: Risks, Regulation, and Innovation”
… you today for the first time as Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).  I appreciate the … is even larger, with notional exchange volumes in just bitcoin futures surpassing those numbers. [2] Although the … ). [2] Volume of Bitcoin Futures, The Block ( …