Ether futures will begin trading in U.S. markets in the near future.
Regulators say Options Clearing Corp. failed to establish and enforce policies and procedures involving financial risk management.
The company allegedly made more than $5 million in profits and savings from improper wheat futures trading.
The CFTC says the bank's traders "openly joked about" their efforts to manipulate the global benchmark for interest rate products.
Amy Shelly of Options Clearing Corp. faces several challenges in replacing the organization's outdated platform.
Bitcoin futures are “a potentially huge step in the evolution of the digital currency, making trading bitcoin easier" for banks and investors.
Nicholas Gelfman allegedly solicited investors with false claims that he would generate a 7% to 9% monthly return from a fund for trading Bitcoin.
The law was about micromanaging financial services rather than facilitating capital markets.
Wall Street Journal article criticizing feds' level of enforcement this year is off-base, the attorney explains.
The first-ever spoofing case against a bank alleges traders placed large futures orders to create a false appearance of market interest in a commodity.
In a settlement of a CFTC lawsuit, the former New Jersey governor also agreed to a lifetime ban from the futures industry.
The CFTC orders the investment bank to pay up in response to charges that traders deliberately influenced a U.S. global dollar benchmark.
