Tagged: cftc

September 21, 2017 @ 12:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a federal civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Defendants Nicholas Gelfman, of Brooklyn, New York, and Gelfman Blueprint, Inc. (GBI), charging the duo with fraud, misappropriation, and issuing… Read More

July 24, 2017 @ 4:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

LedgerX, has received regulatory approval from the US Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to operate as a clearing platform for derivatives in contracts clearing in digital currencies such as Bitcoin. Under the order, LedgerX will be authorized to provide clearing services for fully-collateralized digital currency… Read More

July 10, 2017 @ 5:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Acting Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo has appointed Daniel Gorfine to serve as Director of LabCFTC and Chief Innovation Officer. Launched in May, LabCFTC is the CFTC’s sandbox type environment for Fintech innovation. Gorfine is well known in the Fintech and… Read More

May 22, 2017 @ 10:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Ledger Holdings has closed on a $11.4 million Series B funding round. Ledger is the parent company of LedgerX, a Bitcoin options exchange that intends on operating a regulated exchange and clearing house for digital currencies.  The funding was led by Miami International Holdings Inc. (MIH)… Read More

May 17, 2017 @ 4:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will embark on a “major Fintech initiative” with the creation of LabCFTC. The venture was launched to promote responsible Fintech innovation and to encourage competition in the markets the CFTC oversees. “Simply put, LabCFTC is intended to help… Read More

September 24, 2015 @ 3:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has settled charges against TeraExchange for “failing to enforce its prohibition on wash trading and prearranged trading on a Swap Executive Facility (SEF) platform”.  According to the CFTC, Tera, a provisionally registered SEF, failed to enforce a prohibition… Read More

September 17, 2015 @ 4:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has told SanFrancisco based Derivabit (aka Coinflip) to cease operating as a trading platform for processing swaps in Bitcoin.  This is the first action against an unregistered Bitcoin options trading platform and draws a line for other possible derivative cryptocurrency platforms. Coinflip and… Read More