DeFi Group Found Liable Under Commodities Law, but Getting It to Pay May Be Tricky

The ruling against the Ooki decentralized autonomous organization could fuel other legal challenges to cryptocurrency collectives.

• 2023-06-14
• CFTC Orrick Ooki U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Commodity Exchange Act DAOs trading platform Ooki DAO Nelson Mullins

Exchange operator Cboe gets nod to launch leveraged crypto derivative products

Cboe Global Markets on Monday said it received regulatory approval to offer leveraged derivatives products on its digital trading platform, including physically and financially settled bitcoin and ether margined futures contracts. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved Cboe Digital to be the first U.S.-regulated crypto exchange and clearinghouse platform to offer leveraged derivatives when the contracts launch in the second half. The margined contracts will let users trade cryp

• 2023-06-06
• Cboe Digital Cboe regulatory approval John Palmer futures contracts U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Bitcoin, other crypto fall as U.S. sues Binance; U.S. equities gain as banks stabilize

Bitcoin fell Tuesday morning in Asia along with most other top 10 non-stablecoin cryptocurrencies after the U.S. filed a lawsuit against Binance.

• 2023-03-28
• Changpeng Zhao Silicon Valley Bank First Citizens Bank Ripple Labs crypto exchange Hong Kong XRP U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Markets: Bitcoin, Ether fall with bearish U.S. equities, but Bitcoin long bets jump

Bitcoin and Ether dipped in Tuesday morning trading in Asia along with all other top 10 non-stablecoin cryptocurrencies as Wall Street fell overnight on concern the Fed may crank up interest rates for longer than expected.

• 2023-02-07
• Bitcoin U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission CTFC interest rate