Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan says Polymarket “has been given the green light to go live” in the US after the CFTC issued a no-action letter over event contracts
Polymarket, the crypto-based prediction market, has the regulatory approvals needed to launch in the US …
The CFTC says non-US crypto exchanges have a path to bringing on US users, in an advisory clarifying how they can register as so-called foreign boards of trade
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has taken a step that could make it easier for some overseas crypto exchanges …
The US DOJ charges crypto exchange KuCoin and two co-founders with violating anti-money laundering laws, failing to register with the US government, and more
a big crypto exchange—charged criminally https://www.justice.gov/... @cftc : .@CFTC Charges KuCoin with Operating Illegal Digital Asset Derivatives Exchange: https://www.cftc.gov/....
The CFTC charges Voyager Digital co-founder Stephen Ehrlich with fraud, saying he and Voyager lied to clients and hid the crypto lender's true financial health
like taking deposits and providing loans. This is an overreach and would disrupt financing. @cftc : Today, @CFTC charged the former chief executive officer of a digital asset platf...
A US judge ruled in favor of the CFTC after Ooki DAO failed to respond to an enforcement action, setting a precedent that DAOs are liable for legal violations
- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission won a default judgement against Ooki DAO after the group failed to respond.
A US federal judge orders South Africa-based Mirror Trading's CEO to pay $3.4B+ after the CFTC argued the BTC pool operator ran a $1.7B+ fraud from 2018 to 2021
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A US federal judge orders South Africa-based bitcoin pool operator Mirror Trading's CEO to pay $3.4B after CFTC charged the company with a $1.7B fraud in 2022
A US judge has ordered a South African executive to pay more than $3.4 billion in restitution and fines for a fraud scheme involving Bitcoin …
The SEC charges ex-Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison and ex-FTX CTO Gary Wang for their role in defrauding FTX's investors at SBF's direction between 2019 and 2022
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of Alameda Research, and Zixiao (Gary) …
The SDNY says ex-Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison and FTX CTO Gary Wang pleaded guilty to federal charges, both are cooperating, and releases them on a $250K bond
Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang helped disgraced crypto mogul divert funds and are now aiding prosecutors
BitMEX announces a $100M settlement with the CFTC and FinCEN over shortcomings in its anti-money laundering and know-your-customer oversight systems
Crypto derivatives trading platform BitMEX announced Tuesday it had reached a settlement on civil charges with U.S. authorities.
US indicts John McAfee for fraud and money laundering over an alleged $13M cryptocurrency “pump-and-dump” scheme
Antivirus software mogul John McAfee, who has been awaiting extradition from Spain on tax evasion charges since late last year, just had his legal woes compounded …