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A Voice for the People: A Proposal for a New Office of the Retail Advocate: Keynote Address by Commissioner Caroline D. Pham at CordaCon 2022
… the financing of terrorism with respect to CFTC-registered futures commission merchants (FCMs) and introducing brokers … an action charging a $1.7 billion dollar international Bitcoin Ponzi scheme.  The CFTC also has oversight over … Lovrenc Orazem and Markus Zoss, “Banking in the shadow of Bitcoin?  The institutional adoption of cryptocurrencies,” …
Keynote Speech of Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson: Emphasizing Risk Management and Governance in the CryptoEcosystem, Eurofi High Level Seminar, Stockholm, Sweden
… August 2015 and its peak in November 2021, the price of bitcoin rose from $250 to $69,000. Meanwhile, the monthly …
Statement of Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson: A Call For The CFTC To Begin A Formal Rulemaking to Address Vertical Integration
… Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and Part 39 of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (Commission or CFTC) … Bitnomial Clearinghouse will clear physically-delivered Bitcoin futures contracts and options on Bitcoin futures contracts listed on Bitnomial Exchange, LLC …
Remarks of Commissioner Dawn D. Stump: We Can Do Hard Things
… the U.S. derivatives markets regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.  These markets have, for some time, been characterized by futures and swaps contracts with varying degrees of … “retail commodity transactions” in digital assets such as Bitcoin operated as an unregistered futures commission …
Supporting Statement of Commissioner Brian D. Quintenz Regarding Final Rule: Derivatives Clearing Organization General Provisions and Core Principles
… these institutions.  DCOs play a truly crucial role in the futures and swap markets by serving as a central … risks. Central clearing has long been a hallmark of the futures market, dating back to the 1920s and functioning … set of derivatives ranging from agricultural, energy, and Bitcoin futures, to overnight index swaps, to foreign …
Remarks of Commissioner Brian D. Quintenz at the 38th Annual GITEX Technology Week Conference
… States.   As such, we have oversight authority over the futures and swaps market, including derivatives on commodity … – for example, individuals who own cryptocurrency, like bitcoin or ether, and use the blockchain to transact. Next, … small group of core developers have password access to the Bitcoin code). [4]     For example, when a hacker exploited …
Keynote Address of Director of Enforcement James M. McDonald at the Practising Law Institute's White Collar Crime 2019 Program
… defendant took advantage of customers’ interest in trading Bitcoin and Litecoin in his scheme to defraud them.  The … and its CEO for unlawfully offering products margined in Bitcoin without the required anti-money laundering … including manipulation and spoofing in the precious metals futures markets.  In the action, the Commission imposed …
Statement of Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson: Stop Digital Assets and Forex Ponzi Schemes
… Today, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) filed a … Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson: Enforcement Action To Stop Bitcoin Fraud Targeting the Spanish-Speaking Community, May …
Statement of Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson Regarding CFTC Charges in “Pig Butchering” Case
… Introduction Today, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) announced … Commissioner, CFTC, Statement on Enforcement Action To Stop Bitcoin Fraud Targeting the Spanish-Speaking Community, …
Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero on Rushed Rulemaking Related to FTX’s Direct-to-Retail Market Structure
… That structure removed the intermediary (known as a futures commission merchant or FCM) where the CFTC’s … financial institutions. The regular person trading in bitcoin futures or event contracts is not the same as J.P. Morgan or …