CFTC crackdown on DeFi firms’ unlawful transactions

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission brought enforcement actions against three decentralized finance firms and signaled that more may be coming.  The CFTC alleged on Thursday that the companies Opyn Inc., ZeroEx Inc. and Deridex Inc. broke the agency’s rules by illegally allowing US customers to trade digital-asset derivatives without registering. The...

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Former FTX executive pleads guilty to criminal charges

Former FTX executive Ryan Salame pleaded guilty to criminal charges stemming from the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange. Salame, who was the co-chief executive of FTX’s Bahamas subsidiary before the exchange imploded last November, appeared in Manhattan federal court on Thursday afternoon. Flanked by lawyers and wearing a blue suit and Bitcoin...

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