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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 […]

Cryptocurrency derivatives provider LedgerX successfully realized its intention to become the first American company to launch Bitcoin futures. It is reported by CoinDesk. The launch of the new instrument took place today, July 31, after which US residents – both institutional and retail investors – were able to trade options and futures on their own LedgerX platform called Omni. […]

The wallet provider Abra announced that it is forced to make changes in the user policy for US residents due to the increased attention of regulators to the industry and the lack of clear rules for working with digital assets. So, Abra will add native support for all the assets that are now present in the wallet in synthetic form. This will not affect Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum and Litecoin. With […]

According to Bloomberg, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that US regulators are likely to develop new rules for cryptocurrencies in order to avoid their negative impact on the country's financial system. On Wednesday, Mnuchin again expressed concern that Bitcoin could be used in illegal activities. The minister also called on financial regulators to step up efforts to develop countermeasures […]

The BitMEX exchange of cryptocurrency derivatives, which came under the gun of attention of American regulators, faced a significant increase in the volume of funds withdrawn from the platform. Thus, over the past 24 hours, users have withdrawn more than $ 85 million from it. At the same time, according to TokenAnalyst, the total amount of deposits on BitMEX over the same period was only $ 12 million. ? 24H BTC exchange on-chain […]