CFTC Charges DeFi Protocol Operators Under CEA
The agency alleges the protocol facilitated unregistered leveraged retail trading.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Monday filed civil enforcement charges against the operators of a decentralised perpetuals trading protocol, alleging that the platform facilitated unregistered leveraged retail commodity transactions in violation of the Commodity Exchange Act.
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