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CFTC Slams Offshore Crypto Trading Platform 1pool Ltd and CEO with $990,000 Penalty for Bitcoin Transactions

March 11, 2019 @ 11:32 am By JD Alois |

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has hit Marshall Islands-registered 1pool Ltd and its CEO and owner Patrick Brunner with a $990,000 penalty for illegally offering retail commodity transactions that were margined in Bitcoin. Additionally, the CFTC sited the failure of the company to register… Read More

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SEC & CFTC Join in Charging Austria Based Dealer Using Bitcoin for Swaps for Violating US Law

September 27, 2018 @ 6:38 pm By JD Alois |

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced an enforcement action today against an Austria based international securities dealer with providing securities swaps funded by Bitcoin. The SEC charges Patrick Brunner, CEO of 1pool Ltd. a/k/a 1Broker – registered in the Marshall Islands, with violations of US… Read More

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