If things were not bad enough in crypto land the US government are adding to its woes. The longest shutdown in history is taking its toll on the economy, innovation and the crypto industry. The Waiting Game Continues Regulators are no friends of those in the blockchain and crypto industries but they have come to…
One of the most pertinent issues facing the cryptosphere today is regulation, as members of prominent governmental agencies, like the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), have yet to come to a unanimous opinion on how this nascent space should be regulated and managed. However, a leading member of the CFTC intends…
A federal judge stated yesterday that digital currencies should be viewed in a legal capacity as commodities. This will continue to give the U.S.’s CFTC the right to police accusations of fraud in the cryptocurrency space. Bitcoin’s Futures Contracts Make All Virtual Currencies Commodities in the US The decision was made on Wednesday in a…
Marshall Islands-based 1Broker has been in a flurry as of late, as the crypto-focused investment services provider came under heavy fire from the top guns of the free world, American regulators and their closest compatriots. 1Broker Sees Court Case Develop, Positive Signs As reported by NewsBTC on September 28th, 1Broker, a foreign crypto startup, was unexpectedly…
A group of major players in the crypto and blockchain industry have joined forces to pay D.C. lobbyists to ensure that US lawmakers pass legislation that is friendly to the crypto and blockchain industry. The group of fintech firms that are joining forces will be paying the lobbyists partially in crypto, and includes Ripple among…
Bitcoin price has been trapped in a symmetrical triangle for weeks now, bouncing back and forth between the top and bottom resistance and supports, making increasingly lower peaks and higher troughs, but breaking news surrounding Bakkt may have just ended any bearish pressure for the time being. Just as Bitcoin was flirting with a potential…
This year the Boxing Day sales seem to have started a day early for anyone hoping to get exposure to the number one digital asset at a discounted rate. The Bitcoin price and those of other cryptos have been dropping hard since the clock struck midnight last night and this trend has continued since. At…
Supporters of Bakkt continue to grow weary of further delays to the Bitcoin futures ruling. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) confirmed last month the matter is under review, but their lack of urgency casts doubt over the probability of Bakkt’s launch in Q1 of 2019. However, developments at a rival futures exchange give hope…
It was recently revealed that the US Commodity Futures and Trade Commission was beginning a month long investigation of the BitMEX crypto exchange over its high leverage Bitcoin trading options and the legality of allowing US citizens to access the platform. Bitcoin Trading Down on BitMEX Bloomberg originally broke the story that the US exchange…
The U.S. Commodities and Futures Commission (CFTC), in conjunction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), has charged BitMEX with failure to prevent money laundering, as well as running an illicit derivatives trading platform. Each of the two charges carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison for the accused. In connection with the…