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The full-scale launch of the Bakkt platform daily and monthly delivery Bitcoin futures trading from the Intercontinental Exchange Corporation (ICE) will be held on September 23. According to Kelly Loeffler, CEO of Bakkt, the United States Derivatives Exchange Commission (CFTC) “gave the green light to contracts” through a self-certification process. We have some news https://t.co/ykUvQ31cGz – Bakkt (@Bakkt) August 16, 2019 At the same time, Bakkt Trust […]

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), which is a self-regulatory organization, has notified HDR Global Trading Ltd (BitMEX operator) that the first cryptocurrency ad, posted on January 3 of this year in The Times, is misleading , and also contains exaggerations. So, the ASA emphasized that on the logarithmic graph of Bitcoin prices published in […]

Chicago-based cryptocurrency exchange Seed CX has begun the final phase of testing deliverable margin bitcoin swaps, reports The Block. According to representatives of Seed SEF, which specializes in swaps of the exchange division, testing will last throughout August. If the results are successful, then after approval by the regulator, a new product will be available in the United States. “We work closely with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission […]

Cryptocurrency trading bank Galaxy Digital, founded by billionaire Mike Novogratz, invested in startup DrawBridge Lending, specializing in lending secured by digital currencies. DrawBridge Lending Announces an Investment by #GalaxyDigital to Bring Financing Vehicles to Institutions with Crypto Assets cc: @novogratz https://t.co/gkHxUVW5Im – DrawBridge Lending (@DrawBridgeLend) August 8, 2019 So, DrawBridge Lending provides fast fiat loans only […]

The cryptocurrency platform Bakkt acquired the developer of custodial solutions DACC for $ 11 million. This follows from the analysis of the financial report of the parent company Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) for the second quarter, reports The Block. So, on the eighth page of the document the amount that ICE spent on the purchases of other companies over the course of six months is indicated – it amounted to $ 352 million. However, the report said that […]

LedgerX has deleted all the start-up bitcoin futures launch messages previously published. According to Paul Chow’s CEO, LedgerX did this at the insistence of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Now Chow intends to sue the CFTC. He said this in a series of tweets for the publication of CoinDesk. also breaking, i've decided to sue the CFTC for […]

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) stated that they did not give the provider of cryptocurrency derivatives LedgerX permission to launch deliverable bitcoin futures. It is reported by CoinDesk. The fact that LedgerX received the license of the authorized derivatives market from CFTC in June was reported by the company itself, and yesterday, on July 31, the successful launch of the tool was announced. Thus institutional and […]