CFTC News

Switzerland-based crypto exchange ShapeShift reports seeing a 175 percent increase in law enforcement agency requests in the second half of 2018.

American politician George Nethercutt claims securities focus in particular is causing unnecessary turbulence for the nascent industry.

U.S. congressman Darren Soto has argued that applying federal securities laws to cryptocurrencies can hurt the market.

The operator of the New York Stock Exchange posted an update for the launch of Bakkt’s physically settled daily Bitcoin futures contract.

The digital assets platform Bakkt — created by the NYSE’s operator — announces the completion of their first funding round.

Global investment bank JPMorgan believes that the protracted decline in crypto markets is driving away institutional investors.

With more influential voices in academia and politics speaking out against burdensome federal regulations, is change imminent?

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has asked for public comments to improve its knowledge of the Ethereum blockchain.

The patchwork regulatory setups at federal level mean it is “easy to see” how the U.S. has a bad reputation among crypto operators and investors.

U.S. Rep. Warren Davidson of Ohio announced plans to introduce a bill in the House of Representatives that would regulate ICOs and cryptocurrencies.

Stock market giant Nasdaq and investment firm VanEck have announced a partnership to jointly launch a set of digital assets products.

The U.S. CFTC’s fintech hub LabCFTC has issued a Primer on Smart Contracts, its second such publication dedicated to blockchain innovation.

The Bakkt digital assets platform has announced that they are now “targeting” Jan. 24, 2019 as a launch date.

A U.S. man has been sentenced to 15 months in jail and fined $1.1 million by the CFTC for misappropriating Bitcoin and Litecoin funds.

Law firm Perkins Coie has hired Kari Larsen after identifying her “understanding of the impact that blockchain and crypto will have” on the legal sector.