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Earlier this week, J. Christopher Giancarlo, a Commodity Futures Trading Commission commissioner, said that if blockchain technology had been around in 2008 and used by Lehman Brothers, then the investment bank bankruptcy that spurred the economic downturn would never have...

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)’s Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) public meeting will take place on Tuesday, February 23, 2016, from 9:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. The meeting was originally scheduled for Tuesday, January 26, 2016, but was cancelled due to...

Late last year, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Timothy Massad said that digital currency-based derivatives contracts represent an area within the commission’s responsibilities, and now, confirming that view, the CFTC has taken action, as reported by...

The US Commodity Future Trades Commission (CFTC) announced Monday it is seeking public comment on related applications LedgerX submitted to the CFTC this fall for registration as a derivatives clearing organization and a swap executive facility. When it reported in October on...

LedgerX LLC, a New York-based startup, has recruited prominent financial industry executives to its board of directors and raised venture funding to inject legitimacy into the Bitcoin market, reports Wall Street Journal blog Venture Capital Dispatch. The blog reports the company...