US CFTC Charges Crypto Derivatives Giant BitMEX for Rules Violation


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October 1, 2020 US CFTC Charges Crypto Derivatives Giant BitMEX for Rules Violation The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced that it has filed civil enforcement charges against popular crypto derivatives platform, BitMEX, in a Southern District Court of New York. Evading U.S. rules According to an official statement on the CFTC website today, the development stems from BitMEX violation of the commission’s regulations, including operating an unregulated exchange and failure to implement anti-money laundering (AML) and know-your-customer (KYC) requirements. The registration of a platform and the implementation of KYC and AML procedures are the key ways...