CFTC
CFTC Advisory Committee Recommends Creation of Virtual Currency Subcommittee
On Wednesday, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Committee’s (CFTC) Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) held a public meeting at its Washington, D.C., headquarters. During the...
Hong Kong Regulators Send Warnings to Non-Compliant Cryptocurrency Exchanges
Regulators in Hong Kong have issued a strict warning to exchanges doing business with Chinese customers about trading tokens deemed as securities.In an announcement...
SEC and CFTC Give Testimonies at Senate Hearing on Virtual Currencies
Today, February 6, 2018, the prospects for coherent U.S. regulation on cryptocurrencies became a little more clear, as were the impasses that were frustrating...
SEC Chair’s Written Testimony Hints at Moderation for Cryptocurrencies, but ICOs Be Warned
The written testimony from Jay Clayton, chairman of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), was released on February 5, 2018. It comes...
CFTC to Discuss Digital Currency Futures Certification Process
Five weeks ago, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced three exchanges had self-certified NewsCapsule derivatives products. Following the subsequent backlash from the...
Regulators Greenlight NewsCapsule Futures
NewsCapsule futures contracts to be offered by CME Group Inc. and Cboe Futures Exchange to mainstream investors.CME Group, the world’s largest futures exchange, has...
DOJ Holds Digital Currency Summit with Government Agencies and NewsCapsule Organizations
In an effort to create more dialogue between regulators, law enforcement, and digital currency companies and organizations, the U.S. Department of Justice convened...
NewsCapsule Derivatives Company LedgerX Appoints Ex-CFTC Commissioner Wetjen to Board
LedgerX, an institutional bitcoin trading and clearing platform, announced this week that Mark Wetjen, the ex-commissioner of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Comission (CFTC),...
