Tyler Winklevoss, the CEO of crypto exchange Gemini, is at the center of a rift over support of President Donald Trump's nominee to run the obscure-but-highly-relevant regulatory agency, the Commodity…
The Senate Agriculture Committee has pulled a planned hearing on Brian Quintenz’s nomination to chair the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), following a request from the White House just days…
Brian Quintenz, US President Donald Trump’s pick to chair the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), is scheduled to appear before lawmakers as his nomination moves forward in the Senate.…
Prediction markets provider Polymarket is free of U.S. investigations after the Department of Justice and Commodity Futures Trading Commission told Polymarket they had wrapped up their inquiries.Both the DOJ and…
The U.S. Department of Justice and Commodity Futures Trading Commission have ended investigations into crypto-powered prediction markets platform Polymarket, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing an unnamed source familiar with the actions.U.S.…
The United States Department of Justice and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have reportedly closed their investigations into online betting platform Polymarket after several months. According to a Bloomberg…
In brief
Gemini has accused the CFTC of waging a seven-year “lawfare” campaign driven by career ambitions, not consumer protection.
The complaint claims CFTC lawyers relied on false whistleblower claims from a…
This is a segment from the Empire newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe.Five months ago, Gemini and the CFTC agreed to a settlement of $5 million related to a 2022…
Brian Quintenz declined to say whether he supports maintaining a bipartisan balance at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission during a Senate nomination hearing on Tuesday, avoiding a key question from…
President Donald Trump's pick to be chairman of the U.S. commodities watchdog, Brian Quintenz, fielded crypto questions more than any other topic at his Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday, and…