Bloomberg Law
Jan. 22, 2018, 3:41 PM UTC

Bitcoin Market Poised for CFTC Insider Trading Scrutiny

Federal regulators looking for a way to target suspicious cryptocurrency trading may turn to a little-used insider trading regulation put in place after the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which has been one of the most proactive federal regulators in allowing the crypto market to flourish, has the authority to regulate insider trading on spot markets, when commodities are traded for immediate delivery rather than future delivery.

The CFTC has only twice used the rule it adopted in 2011 that bars commodities trading based on nonpublic information secured through deception or fraud, or in violation of a ...

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