Fmr. CFTC chair on regulating the crypto industry

US CFTC on Crypto Regulation

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) sued crypto exchange Binance and founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao Monday on allegations the company knowingly offered unregistered crypto derivatives products in the U.S. against federal law. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Monday, alleged that Binance operated a derivatives trading operation in the U.S., offering trades for cryptocurrencies including bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH), litecoin (LTC),