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SEC Chair Gensler on Securities Definition, Working With the CFTC
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SEC Chair Gensler on Securities Definition, Working With the CFTC
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler explains why different regulatory entities need to have an overarching definition of a security and collaborat...
SEC Chair Gensler on Securities Definition, Working With the CFTC
By CoinDesk Staff
Sep 15, 2022 at 7:32 p.m. UTC
Sep 15, 2022
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CFTC Chair to US Senators: Already Preparing to Be Major Regulator in Crypto
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CFTC Chair to US Senators: Already Preparing to Be Major Regulator in Crypto
Rostin Behnam, the head of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, said he has already directed his agency to begin preparing to be the major, fully-funded regulator fo...
CFTC Chair to US Senators: Already Preparing to Be Major Regulator in Crypto
By CoinDesk Staff
Sep 15, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. UTC
Sep 15, 2022
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South Korea Reportedly Looking to Invalidate Do Kwon’s Passport
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South Korea Reportedly Looking to Invalidate Do Kwon’s Passport
South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is trying to get Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon to return his passport, according to a local media report. CoinDesk Global Policy...
South Korea Reportedly Looking to Invalidate Do Kwon’s Passport
By CoinDesk Staff
Sep 15, 2022 at 3:18 p.m. UTC
Sep 15, 2022
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(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
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CFTC Already Preparing to Be Crypto Watchdog, Behnam Tells US Senators
Agency is “right regulator” to oversee digital assets trading, CFTC chairman testifies at a hearing of the Senate Agriculture Committee.
(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
By Jesse Hamilton
Sep 15, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
Sep 15, 2022
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Election Betting Site PredictIt Sues to Block CFTC-Ordered Shutdown
The CFTC’s August action calls for the site to be closed for U.S. users by February 15.
PredictIt allows traders to wager on the outcome of political events. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
By Nelson Wang
Sep 15, 2022 at 1:27 p.m. UTC
Sep 15, 2022
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Former Commodity Futures Trading Commission Commissioner Jill Sommers, in a 2011 photo. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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FTX.US Derivatives Deepens Board With Addition of Ex-CFTC Commissioner
The hire comes as FTX has previously pitched the CFTC to directly clear customers' crypto swaps.
Former Commodity Futures Trading Commission Commissioner Jill Sommers, in a 2011 photo. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
By Michael Bellusci
Sep 1, 2022 at 3:28 p.m. UTC
Sep 1, 2022
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Here’s Why FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Visited the White House
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Here’s Why FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried Visited the White House
FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried visited the White House in May amid regulatory turf battle between the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Co...
Here’s Why FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Visited the White House
By CoinDesk Staff
Aug 31, 2022 at 3:10 p.m. UTC
Aug 31, 2022
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FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
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Crypto Exchange FTX's CEO Visited White House Amid Regulatory Fight
Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX’s regulatory team met with White House policy adviser Charlotte Butash in May.
FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
By Sam Reynolds
Aug 30, 2022 at 10:39 p.m. UTC
Aug 30, 2022
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(Former CFTC Chairman and Harvard University Research Fellow Timothy Massad, CoinDesk TV)
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Former CFTC Chair: Here's How SEC and CFTC Can Work Together to Regulate Crypto
Forming a self-regulatory governing committee “might be a way to develop standards for this market,” Timothy Massad said on CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover.”
(Former CFTC Chairman and Harvard University Research Fellow Timothy Massad, CoinDesk TV)
By Fran Velasquez
Aug 22, 2022 at 9:34 p.m. UTC
Aug 22, 2022
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Former CFTC Chair: Stablecoins similar to Terra's UST Need ‘Very Strict’ Regulation and Consumer Protection
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Former CFTC Chair: Stablecoins similar to Terra’s UST Need ‘Very Strict’ Regulation and Consumer Protection
Former CFTC Chairman Timothy Massad comments on the Terra LUNA fiasco and why he suggests “very strict” regulation and consumer protection on similar algorithmic stablecoins....
Former CFTC Chair: Stablecoins similar to Terra's UST Need ‘Very Strict’ Regulation and Consumer Protection
By CoinDesk Staff
Aug 22, 2022 at 4:59 p.m. UTC
Aug 22, 2022
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