Friday, June 3, 2016

CFTC Fines Bitcoin Exchange Bitfinex $75,000 For Offering “Illegal” Transactions

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) ordered Bitfinex, a Hong Kong-based bitcoin exchange, to pay $75,000 for offering illegal, off-exchange, financed retail commodity transactions in cryptocurrencies, and for failing to register as a futures commission merchant (FCM) as required by law, according to a CFTC press release.   The order requires the exchange to […]

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