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Statement of Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson Regarding CFTC Consent Order Imposing $1.7 Billion in Restitution against South African Commodity Pool Operator
… 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, …
CFTC Charges California-based Company and Its CEO with Fraudulent Solicitation and Misappropriation of Digital Asset Commodities
… defendants fraudulently solicited over $7 million worth of bitcoin and ether from customers. The complaint also alleges … The defendants represented they would trade investors’ bitcoin and ether using “Robot Traders.” The complaint …
CFTC, SEC Issue Investor Alert: Guidance Warns of Websites Related to Digital Assets
… make an investment, typically using a digital asset such as Bitcoin, the fraudsters in some cases stop communicating … higher returns typically involve more risk. Visit CFTC.gov/bitcoin , the CFTC’s dedicated website for Bitcoin and Virtual Currency educational resources, which …
Digital Asset Frauds
… Digital Asset Frauds Digital asset frauds, such as involving bitcoin, ether, etc., come in many flavors; each promise too … or options contracts that use digital commodities — such as bitcoin or ether — as underlying assets. In addition to … Should Know [PDF] … Digital asset frauds, such as involving bitcoin, ether, etc., come in many flavors; each promise too …
Testimony by Vince McGonagle Director of the Division of Market Oversight before the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit House Agriculture Committee, Washington, DC
… contract markets self-certified that they would list bitcoin derivatives contracts for trading. [19]   Though the … five list for trading futures and options contracts on bitcoin, ether, or both.   Market participants are actively … to the CFTC in connection with the self-certification of a bitcoin futures product. [27] The Derivatives Markets the …
Federal Court Orders Rhode Island Man to Pay More than $2.8 Million in Restitution for Virtual Currency Fraud
… solicited individuals to invest in digital assets such as bitcoin and ether. [See CFTC Press Release No.  8356-21 ]   … and obtained more than $5 million of digital assets such as bitcoin and ether from customers.   Spence’s trading … or speculating in  virtual currencies  or recently launched bitcoin futures and options.  Customers and other …
Statement of Commissioner Bowen before the Technology Advisory Committee Meeting
… from crypto-currencies’ value swings to legions of bitcoin miners, from blockchain cybersecurity developments … of you who are experts, who perhaps spend hours in the bitcoin sub-forum on Reddit or elsewhere on the Internet, be …
CFTC Issues First Pump-and-Dump Virtual Currency Customer Protection Advisory
… the CFTC’s dedicated virtual currency web page,  cftc.gov/bitcoin . * * * * * * * * See the CFTC’s Other Customer …
Chicago Board Options Exchange - Futures and Options - Long
… 13.1 23.8 22.1 30.2 Other: 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 BITCOIN-USD - CBOE FUTURES EXCHANGE Code-1330E1 Commitments … : : (1 Bitcoin) : : : : All : 6,433: 3,409 5,292 305 0 0 3,714 …
Chicago Board Options Exchange - Futures Only - Long
… 13.1 23.8 22.1 30.2 Other: 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 BITCOIN-USD - CBOE FUTURES EXCHANGE Code-1330E1 Commitments … : : (1 Bitcoin) : : : : All : 6,433: 3,409 5,292 305 0 0 3,714 …