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US Financial Services Committee Hearing Discussed the Creation of a ‘Digital Dollar’
12.6.2020
On June 11, 2020, the United States Congress Financial Services Committee held a remote hearing about the creation of a “digital dollar.” A number of well known individuals participated including the former Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Christopher...
Digital Dollar Project Releases White Paper Laying Out Groundwork for US CBDC
29.5.2020
A U.S. think tank working towards a digitized dollar has released a white paper detailing inaugural aims and use cases for a central bank digital currency
Ex-CFTC Chair Chris Giancarlo Joins Swiss Effort to Fund COVID Relief Projects
19.5.2020
Led by Swiss crypto exchange Lykke, a $200,000 initiative to fund tech-driven COVID-19 relief projects has tapped ex-CFTC chair Chris Giancarlo as its advisor
Swiss Crypto Exchange Lykke Launches Contest to Fund Tech Against COVID-19
19.5.2020
Lykke’s new contest looks to give money to developers to pursue new tech proposals that promise to aid the economic recovery in the wake of COVID-19
Can Central Bank Digital Currencies Protect Individual Privacy?
11.5.2020
Top crypto industry and policy experts debated the privacy ramifications of state-issued virtual currencies during the first day of Consensus
Leaders of the Digital Dollar Project Talk Privacy and the Next Century of Money
11.5.2020
Former CFTC royalty and current leaders of a U.S.-based think tank to promote a digital dollar talk privacy in new AMA
ErisX Announces Launch of First US Ether Futures Contracts
11.5.2020
ErisX is launching physically settled ether futures contracts, it announced Monday
CFTC Claims ‘Massive Fraudulent’ Scheme Defrauded Investors of $20M
7.5.2020
The CFTC alleged three individuals and affiliated entities defrauded crypto and binary options investors out of $20 million over 5 years
CFTC Charges Multiple Firms for $15 Million Crypto and Binary Options Scam
7.5.2020
U.S. and Israel-based firms were charged for promoting fake investment schemes and defrauding customers of $15 million
Crypto Advocate Brian Quintenz Will Step Down From CFTC Role by October
28.4.2020
CFTC Commissioner Brian Quintenz, who sponsored the Technology Advisory Committee and advocated for self regulation in the crypto industry, will leave his post by late October
LabCFTC Director: In Crisis, Innovation in Finance Can ‘Get Us to the Next Stage’
23.4.2020
Director of LabCFTC sees hope for fintech innovation amid COVID-19 response while speaking to Cointelegraph
CFTC’s First Science Contest Looks for Unregistered Foreign Offerings, Including Bitcoin Futures
21.4.2020
US CFTC asks devs for new tools to find and track unregistered foreign derivative offerings soliciting US investors, including Bitcoin futures trading
CFTC Approves New Cryptocurrency Derivatives Platform — Bitnomial to Offer Regulated Bitcoin Futures
21.4.2020
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has approved a new bitcoin derivatives trading platform. Bitnomial Exchange will list margined and physically delivered bitcoin futures and options. Besides Bitnomial, the CFTC has only approved a handful of other platforms to offer bitcoin...
CFTC Approves Bitnomial to Offer Futures Contracts Settled in Real Bitcoin
20.4.2020
The CFTC has approved Bitnomial Exchange to offer margined bitcoin futures and options contracts
Florida Man Charged Over $1.6M ‘Compcoin’ Scam
17.4.2020
After promising investors exorbitant returns through ‘proprietary trading algorithms’, the defendant left customers holding worthless ‘Compcoins.’
CFTC Charges Florida Resident With Defrauding Crypto Investors Out of $1.6M
16.4.2020
The CFTC alleged Florida resident Alan Friedland defrauded investors out of $1.6 million, promising returns through his “Compcoin” token and an algorithmic trading software which never materialized
CFTC Requests Default After Failing to Find $147M Bitcoin Ponzi Operator
4.4.2020
10 months after filing its initial complaint, the CFTC is requesting default after the defendant was not located
Cointelegraph Exclusive: Former CFTC Chair Looks to Digital Dollar Beyond COVID-19 Stimulus
29.3.2020
Former CFTC Chair Giancarlo and CFTC FinTech expert Gorfine talk new digital dollar initiative with Cointelegraph
Stakeholders Join Former CFTC Royalty on New Board Promoting a Digital Dollar
26.3.2020
Digital Dollar Project adds 22 experts to new advisory board to join former CFTC leaders in promoting the dollar’s digitization
Chris Giancarlo’s Digital Dollar Project Names Ex-Treasury, CFTC Officials to New Board
26.3.2020
The Digital Dollar Foundation has tapped a number of former government officials and industry experts as advisors as it looks to design and promote a U.S. CBDC