CFTC

A White House document sent to Capitol Hill shows President Trump plans to nominate Brian Quintenz, a16z Crypto's head of policy, to lead the CFTC (www.bloomberg.com)
29 days ago Trump CFTC

Robinhood withdraws its plans to offer betting contracts on the Super Bowl, in partnership with online prediction market Kalshi, after pushback from the CFTC (www.wsj.com)
2025-2-5 CFTC

The CFTC puts trading of sports derivatives, including Super Bowl, on Crypto.com under review; the firm says it rejected the CFTC's request to halt such trading (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-1-15 CFTC

Donald Trump Jr. is joining prediction-market startup Kalshi as a strategic adviser; CFTC called Kalshi “an online casino” in a December filing (www.wsj.com)
2025-1-14 Trump Startup CFTC

CFTC chair Rostin Behnam will resign on January 20; on his watch the CFTC deepened scrutiny of crypto and event contracts, like those allowing bets on elections (www.ft.com)
2025-1-8 CFTC

Gemini agrees to pay $5M to end a CFTC claim that it misled the derivatives regulator in a bid to launch the first US-regulated Bitcoin futures contract (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-1-7 Bitcoin CFTC

A US judge delays the CFTC v. Gemini trial to January 21, after Trump's inauguration; CFTC alleged Gemini misled the agency in its 2017 bid to debut BTC futures (cointelegraph.com)
2024-12-31 Trump CFTC

FTX Ordered To Pay $12.7 Billion To Customers, US CFTC Says (slashdot.org)
2024-8-9 CFTC

Court filing: FTX and the CFTC agree a $12.7B settlement after months of negotiations, pending a judge's approval; FTX will return up to $12.7B to creditors (www.theblock.co)
2024-7-17 CFTC

Source: The CFTC is investigating the Chicago-based trading firm Jump's involvement in crypto, including inquiries into its trading and investing activity (fortune.com)
2024-6-21 CFTC

The US CFTC appoints Ted Kaouk as its first chief AI officer; Kaouk currently serves as the regulator's chief data officer and director of its data division (www.wsj.com)
2024-5-2 AI CFTC

Binance To Pay $2.7 Billion Fine To CFTC For Evading Federal Law (slashdot.org)
2023-12-20 CFTC

A US judge approves a previously announced settlement between Binance and the CFTC, asking Binance to pay $2.7B and Changpeng Zhao to pay $150M to the regulator (www.reuters.com)
2023-12-19 CFTC

Source: Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao may step down from Binance as part of a $4B settlement between Binance, the DOJ, and the CFTC; the SEC is not participating (www.forbes.com)
2023-11-22 CFTC

CFTC flexes its muscles with near 50 crypto cases related to digital assets (readwrite.com)
2023-11-10 Asset CFTC

The CFTC says 47 of its 96 enforcement cases brought in 2023 were related to digital assets, including against SBF, Binance, CZ, Celsius, and Alex Mashinsky (www.theblock.co)
2023-11-9 Asset CFTC

CFTC charges Voyager Digital co-founder Stephen Ehrlich with fraud, saying he and Voyager lied to customers and hid the crypto lender's true financial health (www.theblock.co)
2023-10-13 CFTC

Coinbase says the exchange received regulatory approval from the CFTC-backed National Futures Association to offer futures trading services to eligible US users (www.theblock.co)
2023-8-16 Coinbase CFTC

The SEC fines 11 Wall Street firms $289M total for poor recordkeeping by using apps including Signal, WhatsApp, and iMessage; CFTC fines four banks $260M total (www.cnbc.com)
2023-8-9 WhatsApp Wall Street CFTC

Binance, Billionaire Zhao To Seek Dismissal of CFTC Lawsuit (yro.slashdot.org)
2023-7-25 CFTC

Filing: Binance, CZ, and its former Chief Compliance Officer Samuel Lim plan to file for the dismissal of a CFTC lawsuit; the CFTC sued the three in March 2023 (www.bloomberg.com)
2023-7-25 CFTC

House bill would hand 70% of crypto assets to the CFTC. But it needs more money (www.dlnews.com)
2023-7-21 Asset CFTC

Sources: CFTC investigators concluded that bankrupt crypto lender Celsius Network misled investors and that its former CEO Alex Mashinsky also broke US rules (www.bloomberg.com)
2023-7-6 CFTC

A US judge ruled in favor of the CFTC after Ooki DAO failed to respond to an enforcement action, setting a precedent that DAOs are liable for legal violations (www.theblock.co)
2023-6-10 CFTC

A US federal judge orders South Africa-based bitcoin pool operator Mirror Trading's CEO to pay $3.4B after CFTC charged the company with a $1.7B fraud in 2022 (www.bloomberg.com)
2023-4-28 Bitcoin Africa South Africa CFTC

A look at the increasing complexity of the operating environment for crypto companies in the US, as a regulatory turf war between the SEC and the CFTC escalates (www.wired.com)
2023-4-8 CFTC

Kaiko: Binance's market share dropped to 54% from 70% two weeks ago, the lowest level since November 5, after the CFTC lawsuit and ending some zero-fee trading (www.coindesk.com)
2023-4-4 CFTC

Nansen: Binance saw net outflows of $2.1B over seven days as of 27 March, as it raised fees, suffered software issues, and faced a CFTC lawsuit (www.wsj.com)
2023-3-30 CFTC

CryptoQuant: BUSD saw $500M+ in outflows in the 24 hours since CFTC filed a lawsuit against Binance vs. $2B in outflows after SEC's Paxos crackdown in February (www.coindesk.com)
2023-3-29 CFTC

Binance CEO CZ says CFTC's complaint contains “incomplete recitation of facts” and Binance does not agree with “characterization of many of the issues alleged” (www.binance.com)
2023-3-28 CFTC

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