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Sam Bankman-Fried Was in Close Talks with CFTC for 14 Months before FTX Collapse

The CFTC chair accepted that he had conducted nearly 12 meetings with SBF in the last 14 months before bankruptcy. SBF was looking to secure a clearinghouse license for FTX subsidiary LedgerX.It’s not a new story that FTX‘s disgraced founder Sam Bankman-Fried was in close contact with US lawmakers. However, the latest report suggests that Bankman-Fried also met with some high-level officials at the US Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) more than 10 times over the last 14...

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CFTC Chair Changes His Mind About Ethereum Being a Commodity

Rostin Benham – chairman of the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) – has walked back previous claims that Ether (ETH) and other altcoins should fall under his agency’s jurisdiction.  Speaking about the future regulation of crypto following FTX’s bankruptcy, he suggested that only Bitcoin should be viewed as a commodity. Flipping Positions on Ether As reported by Fortune magazine, the chairman aired his thoughts during an invite-only crypto event hosted by...

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FTX Hacker Sends Part of Stolen Funds to OKX Exchange

A market analyst has spotted a pattern in the fund transfers made by the FTX hacker to OKX. The crypto exchange said that it is investigating into the matter.On Tuesday, November 29, the FTX hacker who drained $450 million worth of assets from the exchange, moved some of his assets to the crypto exchange OKX in an attempt to launder money. The FTX hacker has been constantly shuffling funds from one digital asset to other.Initially, the hacker converted all the stoled stablecoins into Ether...

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US Regulators Probe FTX for Mismanagement of Client Assets: Report

United States financial regulators have reportedly launched a probe into FTX – one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges that is now unable to process customer withdrawals.  The investigators intend to examine whether FTX properly managed customer deposits, alongside its relationship with CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s other crypto projects.  Probed by SEC and CFTC As reported by Bloomberg, the probe was revealed by two people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be...

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Rostin Behnam of CFTC Fame Shares His Crypto Views

Rostin Behnam is the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the financial organization that governs bitcoin. Rostin Behnam Is Neutral on Crypto For the most part, Behnam is a neutral figure when it comes to crypto, and he recently sat down for an interview to discuss where he sees the industry going in the coming future. He commented: I think there’s a few folks who wish this technology might go away, think it might go away, think it might go...

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