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CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam said a growing crypto industry and lack of US laws is going to inevitably lead to more enforcement actions

The CFTC’s complaint classifies KuCoin’s “leveraged tokens” as digital asset commodity derivatives

The Department of Justice and Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced back-to-back lawsuits against KuCoin Tuesday

The CFTC is seeking “civil monetary penalties” against KuCoin

Bitcoin and ether are commodities, Behnam said, but if the SEC claims otherwise, things could get complicated

DeFi founders must be willing to embrace the full extent of decentralization in their own projects

The two are charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering, wire fraud, money laundering and obstruction of justice

It’s unclear what “actions” the CFTC, DOJ and Treasury will announce Tuesday afternoon

In a statement on Tuesday, Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero said crypto continued to attract a steady stream of fraud and illegal activity

The CFTC’s self-proclaimed campaign against DeFi puts the future of US innovation at risk

The bill, being floated as a “common-sense” approach, aims to “restore” transparency and “confidence” to the digital asset market, according to Rep. Beyer

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce joined Rep. Tom Emmer, former CFTC Commissioner Brian Quintenz and Blockchain Association CEO Kristin Smith to talk policy at Permissionless Monday

The CFTC can’t charge a protocol just because third parties used it to break the law, one commissioner says

ZeroEx, the developer of 0x Procotol, alongside Opyn and Deridex are ordered to cease and desist from further alleged violations against the Commodity Exchange Act

The program should be time-limited and designed from a series of roundtable discussions between regulators and stakeholders, Caroline Pham suggested

The crypto exchange has gained approval to operate as a futures commission merchant two years after filing an application with the National Futures Association

Binance claims the CFTC doesn’t have the right to police its foreign entities because they’re not based in the US

Binance intends to file a motion to dismiss a CFTC lawsuit, which alleges it knowingly allowed US-based traders access to crypto derivatives

The bill focuses in part on the regulatory roles of the CFTC and the SEC in the crypto market, as well as classifications for digital assets

Brian Brooks, ex-acting comptroller of the currency, is set to advise crypto asset manager Hashdex, the latest example of a trend seen over the last two years

NFTs haven’t recovered from last year, and Dapper Labs’ latest layoffs reflect the market

The DOJ claimed Mashinsky “orchestrated a scheme to defraud customers of Celsius Network” together with a former chief revenue officer

The multimillion dollar judgment stemmed from a September 2022 CFTC complaint alleging Digitex was engaging in illegal digital asset derivatives trading

Maybe the crypto industry should pay for its own regulatory agency, former regulators argue