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While Binance saw the acquisition of Gopax as a means of re-entering South Korea, it was also meant to be a turning point for the local trading platform. The SEC’s lawsuit against Binance has started affecting the company’s operations, particularly its acquisition of Gopax in South Korea. The US Securities and Exchange Commission filed a case against Binance for violating securities law. According to the filing with the federal court in Washington, Binance mishandled investors and also...

Representatives from Coinbase, Robinhood, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, among others, will speak at a House Agriculture Committee hearing on digital asset regulation about the recently released draft crypto bill. United States legislators put forth a crypto bill to provide clear regulations for cryptocurrency, its users, and companies. The 162-page bill attempts to establish regulatory jurisdiction and definitions. However, it was also acknowledged that the bill would...

The CFTC has officially given Cboe Digital the approval it needs to offer margined futures contracts trading to clients. Cboe Global Markets’ digital asset exchange has received approval to allow users to trade crypto futures contracts. Customers of the Cboe Digital platform will now trade Ether (ETH) and Bitcoin (BTC) futures contracts later this year following the CFTC’s approval for an amended order of registration. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) gave Cboe Digital...

The Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has sued five individuals for falsely promoting bitcoin and crypto trading services, thereby swindling unsuspecting investors. The defendants in the case, according to the CFTC, mainly targeted Spanish-speaking users. Majority of Victims Were From Spanish-speaking Communities The CFTC alleged that five people — David Carmona, Juan Arellano Para, Moses Valdez, David Brend, and Marco A. Ruiz Ochoa — solicited funds from...

Dan Berkowitz, a former commissioner of the CFTC and former general counsel at the SEC, hinted that it is possible to categorize Ethereum as both a commodity and a security. As cryptocurrencies grow more popular, there is a rising need for clarity about their legal status, as many people see them differently based on the regulatory provisions within their jurisdiction. In what seems like an addition to the ongoing talks about the regulatory status of Ethereum, Dan Berkovitz, a former...

Earn Your First Bitcoin Sign up and get $12 Bonus Referral bonus up to $3,000 Sign up Not long ago, it was announced that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) had filed a lawsuit against Binance, the biggest and most popular digital currency trading platform in the world. There are many Ripple fans out there who are concerned that the suit could have drastic effects on XRP, the...

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is suing Binance and its founder Changpeng Zhao after the crypto exchange allegedly violated the Commodity Exchange Act and other regulations. The CFTC Is Going After Binance The agency claims Binance has had no regard for current financial laws and has been violating them for the past several years. Heads of the CFTC are now seeking financial penalties and a permanent ban in the United States. CFTC chair Rostin Behnam...

The CFTC claimed that the firm had proprietary software that was expected to recognize significant trading gains for investors who contributed to the Bitcoin pool, but in reality, there was no such “bot” in use. The head of a South African firm has been slapped with a massive fine of $3.4 billion by a federal judge in Texas. The US commodities regulator claimed that this was the largest-ever fraud case revolving around Bitcoin ever to be committed by a company. The head, who goes by the...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a civil enforcement action against Rashawn Russell, a former Deutsche Bank investment banker, in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The filing alleges that Russell fraudulently solicited retail investors to invest in a digital asset trading fund. He is also being accused of defrauding investors of nearly $1 million in the process. He is being charged with one count of wire fraud by the CFTC....

Bitcoin is making its way out of Binance after the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) sued the exchange earlier this week, on-chain data shows.  Though bearish for the world’s largest crypto exchange, the wave of outflows doesn’t appear to have triggered any significant migration from the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem.  Binance Outflows Surge According to data provided by IntoTheBlock, Binance has experienced a 60% surge in BTC withdrawals over the...