The CFTC has fined Joseph Kim for perpetrating a fraudulent cryptocurrency trading scheme. The same day, a District Court in the Northern District of Illinois sentenced Kim to 15 months on wire fraud charges.
The sheer volume of news surrounding ETFs — and the general complexity of the asset when compared to the simplicity of trading on the bitcoin spot market — makes the industry’s pursuit of one a rich and even abstruse topic.
In an apparent first, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged the founder of EtherDelta, Zachary Coburn, with running an “unregistered national securities exchange.”
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has released a report detailing actions taken against fraudulent ICOs and financial ventures, and, indeed, the year has been wrought with cases.
Aiming to create an SEC and FINRA-compliant U.S. exchange, blockchain-based crowdfunding firm seriesOne and crypto exchange Bithumb have formed a joint venture.
Ahead of Money 20/20, Marco Santori shares his thoughts on the cryptocurrency space and the future of regulation in an interview with Bitcoin Magazine.
The new division will make it easier for fintech startups to interact with the regulator on related issues and the legal implications of products before they launch them.
The recently planned initial coin offering by Blockvest LLC and its founder Reginald Buddy Ringgold III falsely advertised that the token sale was approved by the SEC.
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