Search Results for: Virtu Financial Inc
Virtual assets-based money laundering and other crypto-enabled crimes
December 14th, 2021
The 5th Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptocurrencies on 7-8 December 2021, co-organised by the Basel Institute on Governance, INTERPOL and Europol, saw several thousand participants from the public and private sectors gathering to exchange knowledge on virtual ...
U.S. District Court finds that virtual currencies are commodities
October 9th, 2018
On September 26, 2018, Senior Judge Rya W. Zobel of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, entered an order holding that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has the power to prosecute fraud involving virtual currency ...
Virtual currencies spark real concern about national security threat
July 31st, 2018
U.S. government officials are increasingly worried about the potential national security threat posed by the rise of cryptocurrencies. In the past week, the Department of Justice, congressional lawmakers and even Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell have voiced concern about ...
CFTC warns people when purchasing virtual currencies
July 17th, 2018
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a Customer Advisory warning customers to use caution and do extensive research before purchasing virtual coins or tokens, including those that are self-described as “utility coins,” or “consumption coins.” This is the ...
CySEC released a statement of new rules governing derivatives on virtual currencies
May 16th, 2018
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has issued a statement to inform about new rules when providing investment services in relation to derivatives on virtual currencies. According the statement: Further to the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) ...
Bitcoin sees Wall Street warm to trading virtual currency
May 10th, 2018
Some of the biggest names on Wall Street are warming up to Bitcoin, a virtual currency that for nearly a decade has been consigned to the unregulated fringes of the financial world. The parent company of the New York ...
One of largest financial supervisory authorities in Europe released a letter about ICOs
April 2nd, 2018
BaFin, the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority in Germany and one of the largest financial supervisory authorities in Europe has published an advisory letter about Initial Coin Offerings and the classification of tokens as financial instruments. For some time now, ...
European Authorities warn consumers of risks in buying virtual currencies
February 13th, 2018
The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) for securities (ESMA), banking (EBA), and insurance and pensions (EIOPA) have issued a pan-EU warning to consumers regarding the risks of buying Virtual Currencies (VCs). The ESAs are concerned that an increasing number of ...
Bitcoin crashes below $10,000, losing over half its value since last month’s record
January 18th, 2018
The world’s most valuable cryptocurrency, bitcoin, has lost over half its value since it smashed the $20,000 barrier in mid-December. The price of the cryptocurrency dropped to $9,555 at 15:00 GMT on Wednesday. “The cryptocurrency market is experiencing a ...
Latest Mastercard Start Path Program Includes Blockchain, Digital Identity and Healthcare Fintechs
December 1st, 2017
Mastercard announced its largest and most diverse class to enter the Mastercard Start Path program – the company’s global effort to support later-stage fintech and tech startups. The 11 selected companies from across five countries are working on the ...
