How the Celsius Affair Plays Into the U.S. Crypto Regulatory Debate

The arrest of the crypto lender’s co-founder and ex-CEO Alex Mashinsky comes as lawmakers and regulators squabble over new rules for the sector.

• 2023-07-14
• Alex Mashinsky digital assets CFTC Commodity Futures Trading Commission the SEC Coinbase

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Holds Steady Over $30K as Inflation Data, Macro Issues Leave Investors Increasingly Unmoved

ALSO: Former CFTC Chair Timothy Massad told CoinDesk TV that regulatory agencies “don’t have to resolve” the stubbornly troublesome issue whether cryptos are commodities or securities.

• 2023-07-13
• CoinDesk bitcoin CFTC Producer Price Index Timothy Massad Strahinja Savic Tim Massad SEC Inflation Data

A Second Round of the Lummis-Gillibrand Crypto Bill Elevates CFTC, Defines DeFi

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) would take a back seat in a crypto oversight bill being re-launched by Sens. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), which would require that crypto exchanges be overseen by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and all stablecoin issuers be regulated depository institutions.

• 2023-07-12
• Kirsten Gillibrand Cynthia Lummis Senate Banking Committee CFTC U.S. Senate

CFTC Orders Two Florida Men to Pay $5.4 Million in Bitcoin Fraud Case

Investors never received a satoshi of Bitcoin, despite what they were promised.

• 2023-07-07
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission CFTC Randy Craig Levine Reichenthal Bitcoin The Commission investors

CFTC Investigators Conclude Crypto Lender Celsius, Ex-CEO Broke Rules

(Bloomberg) -- Investigators at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have concluded that bankrupt crypto lender Celsius Network and its former chief executive officer broke US rules before the firm’s implosion, according to people familiar with the matter.Most Read from BloombergNYC Air Quality Drops to Unhealthy Levels — But Canadian Fires Aren’t to BlameXi’s Metal Curbs Risk Backfiring as G-7 Seeks China AlternativeBond Yields Higher as Another Rate Hike Signaled: Markets WrapEarth Keeps B

• 2023-07-06
• Celsius Network Alex Mashinsky Commodity Futures Trading Commission CFTC Bloomberg Mashinsky

Crypto: GOP House Financial Services & Ag Committee chairs propose regs

Republican House Financial Services Committee Chair Patrick McHenry and House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn Thompson unveiled a proposal that would be the first step in regulating cryptocurrencies.

• 2023-06-03
• House Agriculture Committee CFTC Patrick McHenry digital asset Republican members House Financial Services discussion draft Commodity Futures Trading Commission SEC securities laws

U.S. Commodities Agency May Change Risk Rules to Consider Crypto

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has proposed an overhaul of its rules for risk management, and Commission Christy Goldsmith Romero said the changes should insist firms prepare themselves for crypto volatility and the risks from holding customers’ digital assets.

• 2023-06-02
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No way to police all cryptocurrency fraud, CFTC commissioner says

A top U.S. regulator said on Tuesday there is no way to police all cryptocurrency fraud because there is so much, though her agency is working on several big cases. Christy Goldsmith Romero, one of five commissioners at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), said cryptocurrency cases account for about 20% of the agency's portfolio, including recent civil cases against the exchanges Binance and FTX. "There's just a lot of fraud in the space," Goldsmith Romero said at a white collar cr

• 2023-05-24
• Christy Goldsmith Romero Goldsmith Romero Commodity Futures Trading Commission CFTC Changpeng Zhao New York City Bar Association cryptocurrency police

Lawmakers Say Crypto Turf War Between SEC and CFTC Is an 'Industry-Fueled Narrative'

How a token could go from a commodity to a security—and where to draw the line—remains unclear as ever on Capitol Hill.

• 2023-05-11
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission CFTC Dusty Johnson digital assets SEC the SEC

Securities or not, crypto in the US needs new regulations and clearer guidance

CFTC and SEC disagree over whether cryptocurrencies are securities, and two big lawsuits clouding the industry's future invoke laws that long predate the digital era.

• 2023-05-02
• securities laws CFTC crypto assets regulatory approach the SEC Commodity Futures Trading Commission regulation