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<p><span>Thank you to the Organising Partners and Patrons for the invitation to speak</span><span> here at City Week on key risks of digital assets.</span></p>
Ladies auxiliary raises funds to help buy thermal-imaging cameras At the Jan. 22 check presentation are (l-r) firefighter Jacob Hunsicker; Vince Talino, auxiliary vice president; Stephanie Talino, auxiliary secretary; Olga Fitch, auxiliary treasurer; Aiden Gause, deputy chief; Karen Hunsicker, auxiliary president; and firefighter Joshua Hunsicker. RON MACARTHUR PHOTO January 27, 2021 The annual Lewes Fire Department Auxiliary's Stop, Drop and Run 5K has become a major fundraiser in the auxiliary’s efforts to help support the fire department. Like so many other events this year, th...
Monday, December 21, 2020 Executive Summary As one of the regulators engaged in the cryptocurrency space, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has been bringing enforcement actions against virtual currency market participants, including traders, issuers, exchanges, and service providers. From January 1, 2015, to June 30, 2020, the CFTC brought 19 such actions. Of the 19 actions between 2015 and Q2 2020, 14 were litigated in U.S. district courts. The other five were resolved within the CFTC as orders and simultaneous settlements. The majority of actions involved an al...
Monday, December 21, 2020 Virtual Currencies as Commodities In recent years, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or the Commission) has taken a role as one of the regulators of cryptocurrency in the United States. In this article, we review the CFTC’s regulatory and enforcement approach in this space. In December 2014, the CFTC stated that virtual currencies are encompassed under the definition of a “commodity” in the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA), and thus subject to its jurisdiction. [1] Nine months later, in September 2015, the CFTC brought its first enforcem...