In 2019, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will pay special attention to monitoring the cryptocurrency market. This is stated in the official press release of the department. The work on this direction will be entrusted to the market monitoring department (DMO), which checks the compliance of the regulated futures markets with the CFTC requirements and the Commodity Exchanges Act. “This is the first publication of the priorities of expert divisions and it is directed […]
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A group of investors filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of New York on the cryptocurrency exchange Huobi, its US division of HBUS and on the ICO-startup Elastos, reports Cryptobriefing. The reason for the suit was the alleged violation of securities laws. In particular, the main plaintiff Mark Owen is sure that the initial offer of the Elastos project coins, which took place last year, violates Section 5 of the Law on Valuable […]
Commissioner for the Securities and Exchange Commission of the USA (SEC) Hester Peirce, who was nicknamed “Crypto Mom” (Crypto Mom)…
The popular Bitcoin derivatives exchange BitMEX stated that its impressive insurance fund, which today amounts to more than 21,000 BTC (about $ 75 million), is necessary to provide support for the margin trading model offered to users. In its blog, the company describes the principles of this model and the “unique challenges” that it faces when working outside the institutional financial system. The BitMEX […]
Security tokens are digital analogues of securities (English – securities), certifying property and giving owners the right to realize their…
said An exchange-traded fund (ETF) tied to Bitcoin (BTC) will eventually be approved, one of the four commissioners of the…
Today, the cryptocurrency market is colored green, the price of BTC / USD has managed to stop at the double…
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may soon approve Bitcoin-linked exchange-traded investment funds (ETFs) if their founders prove compliance with the required regulatory standards. This is evidenced by the details of an upcoming interview with one of the four SEC commissioners, Robert Jackson. #SEC Commissioner Jackson […]
Former engineer LedgerX, developer of Bitcoin Core and recognized master of high-speed typing Brian Bishop turned out to be a supporter of transhumanism ideas. In May last year, he and the scientist Max Berry, who previously worked at a major biotechnology company, opened their own enterprise, focused on creating designer babies and modifying the human germline. This is the big one kids, this article has […]
The largest social network Facebook is negotiating with representatives of at least 12 blockchain startups about their possible acquisition, reports The Information. It is known that among them: the now inactive steyblkoin-project Basis, founded by MIT professor Silvio Mikali, Algorand, a start-up startup specializing in end-to-end encryption, a start-up Keybase. Negotiations with Basis began in December, immediately after the start-up decision on […]