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http://www.coindesk.com/cftc-bitcoin-exchange-bitfinex-trading-violations/Hong Kong-based bitcoin exchange Bitfinex has settled with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) following an investigation into its financed trading activities.
Bitfinex settled charges that it offered illegal off-exchange financed retail commodities trading, as well as failed to register as a futures commission merchant. Bitfinex did not admit or deny the CFTC findings, the agency said today.
According to an order published today by the CFTC, the issues arose owing to how Bitfinex held functional control over funds tied to leveraged or margin trading on the platform. The CFTC said that because no actual commodities were delivered by Bitfinex to its customers – the private keys tied to the applicable bitcoins remained under the exchange’s control – it was in violation of the Commodity Exchange Act.
Bitfinex will pay $75,000 in civil penalties, according to the order, and has moved to change its internal policies and avoid further violations of the Commodity Exchange Act.
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June 03, 2016, 03:13:09 PM |
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CFTC is a bunch of jack-booted thugs.
This is not really 'enforcement'. This is pure extortion. Those guys want to make a name for themselves. They will go into politics next. That is how it is done in US law and government.
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but bitcoin is not a commodity..
a commodity is a product that is used to produce other products. EG wheat->bread beef->burgers gold->jewellry/circuit boards. oil-> plastics/car fuel
the commodities market is essential the raw material pricing platform for pretty much scales the supply costs of most international manufacturing.
bitfinex should have been fined/accused by an organization more linked to currencies exchange.
i think this story is more about them "ambulance chaser court case accusations" saying the sttlement is cheaper than going to court.. not because it holds merit if it went to court. but purely because its cheaper then even turning up just to defend themselves, so they might aswell pay the settlement just to not have to get on a plane.
there are many "legal consultant" businesses that know how much X would pay to defend themselves in court.. and so they write a letter of accusation and pay $100 to get a piece of court paper work and then demand a percentage of X just to make the matter go away.
in the UK many consumers do this by knowing a business being reported to an omburdsman costs the business £500 a shot.. so any claims under £250 usually get settled quick. letting many people abuse this to get quick cash back
in short if bitfinex was to defend itself there is a chance it would win.. but the cost would be much higher
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June 03, 2016, 03:18:09 PM |
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Their is no way they can fix the private key issue
and that's like saying barrels of oil move on crude
exchanges and they most certainly don't
but if u have a barrel of oil buyers will buy
at the exchange price that's how it works
has the CFTC gone batsht crazy or is
the journalism inaccurate on the charges
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June 03, 2016, 03:21:02 PM |
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but bitcoin is not a commodity..
a commodity is a product that is used to produce other products. EG wheat->bread beef->burgers gold->jewellry/circuit boards. oil-> plastics/car fuel
the commodities market is essential the raw material pricing platform for pretty much scales the supply costs of most international manufacturing.
bitfinex should have been fined/accused by an organization more linked to currencies exchange.
10 more years u might know wat ur talking about dude
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June 03, 2016, 03:27:32 PM |
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but bitcoin is not a commodity..
a commodity is a product that is used to produce other products. EG wheat->bread beef->burgers gold->jewellry/circuit boards. oil-> plastics/car fuel
the commodities market is essential the raw material pricing platform for pretty much scales the supply costs of most international manufacturing.
bitfinex should have been fined/accused by an organization more linked to currencies exchange.
i think this story is more about them "ambulance chaser court case accusations" saying the sttlement is cheaper than going to court.. not because it holds merit if it went to court. but purely because its cheaper then even turning up just to defend themselves, so they might aswell pay the settlement just to not have to get on a plane.
there are many "legal consultant" businesses that know how much X would pay to defend themselves in court.. and so they write a letter of accusation and pay $100 to get a piece of court paper work and then demand a percentage of X just to make the matter go away.
in the UK many consumers do this by knowing a business being reported to an omburdsman costs the business £500 a shot.. so any claims under £250 usually get settled quick. letting many people abuse this to get quick cash back
in short if bitfinex was to defend itself there is a chance it would win.. but the cost would be much higher
Frank1 a little update from September 2015 http://www.coindesk.com/cftc-ruling-defines-bitcoin-and-digital-currencies-as-commodities/And guess what .... They started to investigate bitfinex on September 2015
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June 03, 2016, 03:46:57 PM |
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but the coinflip case had no "ruling" .. there was just an out of court settlement.. meaning the case was dropped. thus no precedent, and only a claim.. as i said, the CFTC are just playing the ambulance chaser game of scaring people with legal action for quick pay days. bitcoin exchanges using american dollars or where the business is headquartered in america should be dealt with by the SEC. by the way straight from the definitions page of the commodities exchange act (9) Commodity The term “commodity” means wheat, cotton, rice, corn, oats, barley, rye, flaxseed, grain sorghums, mill feeds, butter, eggs, Solanum tuberosum (Irish potatoes), wool, wool tops, fats and oils (including lard, tallow, cottonseed oil, peanut oil, soybean oil, and all other fats and oils), cottonseed meal, cottonseed, peanuts, soybeans, soybean meal, livestock, livestock products, and frozen concentrated orange juice, and all other goods and articles, except onions
onions are not covered by CFTC but bitcoins are?? how american! anyway im glad to be british.. atleast our agencies know how to handle things properly.
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June 03, 2016, 04:16:15 PM |
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Onion future's are covered by the CTFC
ie CFuturesTC
seems as though the exchange
was selling BTC future's or
something exotic
the Private Key part is complete
Hogwash though and could
give grounds for an appeal
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June 03, 2016, 04:19:23 PM |
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Well spotted. The takeaway from this is that any exchange anywhere around the world, is regulated by CFTC if they have American customers...
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Well spotted. The takeaway from this is that any exchange anywhere around the world, is regulated by CFTC if they have American customers... Sec regulates markets CFTC does future's (Prob a lot of overlap) And the exchange will only listen to the charges if they value their US clientel, so obviously they would be making millions already to pay this fine instead of cancelling US accounts big money at play here with BTC and in the future's markets too
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I want to start Eth future's I'll let Bart work out Wtf Eth actually is ![Cheesy](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif) no one else has any idea
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by the way straight from the definitions page of the commodities exchange act (9) Commodity The term “commodity” means wheat, cotton, rice, corn, oats, barley, rye, flaxseed, grain sorghums, mill feeds, butter, eggs, Solanum tuberosum (Irish potatoes), wool, wool tops, fats and oils (including lard, tallow, cottonseed oil, peanut oil, soybean oil, and all other fats and oils), cottonseed meal, cottonseed, peanuts, soybeans, soybean meal, livestock, livestock products, and frozen concentrated orange juice, and all other goods and articles, except onions
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by the way straight from the definitions page of the commodities exchange act (9) Commodity The term “commodity” means wheat, cotton, rice, corn, oats, barley, rye, flaxseed, grain sorghums, mill feeds, butter, eggs, Solanum tuberosum (Irish potatoes), wool, wool tops, fats and oils (including lard, tallow, cottonseed oil, peanut oil, soybean oil, and all other fats and oils), cottonseed meal, cottonseed, peanuts, soybeans, soybean meal, livestock, livestock products, and frozen concentrated orange juice, and all other goods and articles, except onions
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that's only because it's illegal to trade that extra sht
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