La filiale FTX LedgerX est sous la ligne de mire de la CFTC

• Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) commissioner Kristin N. Johnson said that the regulator of the US derivatives markets had “boots on the ground” at LedgerX.
• Johnson repeated remarks made by CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam, who said at a futures conference that his agency’s oversight was responsible for LedgerX’s ability to avoid bankruptcy.
• CFTC requires FTX’s subsidiary to have reserves, including a one-year liquidity reserve, and to refrain from touching, pledging, investing, or posing any other threats to functioning capital.

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On Thursday, a commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Kristin N. Johnson, stated that the regulator of the US derivatives markets had “boots on the ground” at LedgerX, a US-based division of the FTX, whose CEO had recently resigned due to uncertainty surrounding the functioning of the firm.

At a conference on cryptocurrency regulation in London, Johnson was expressing her views on the matter and stated that the financial regulator was “monitoring and overseeing on a daily, if not hourly basis, verifying what we believe to be the case, which is [that] every dollar of customer assets held at LedgerX continues to be available.”

Il est à noter que le CFTC et FTX US, la branche américaine de l'échange crypto de faillite, ont interagi les uns avec les autres en utilisant LedgerX. Il a déposé une demande auprès de la CFTC en 2017 pour devenir un centre de dérivés réglementés avant d'être acquis par FTX l'année précédente.

She repeated remarks made by CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam, who said earlier this week at a futures conference that his agency’s oversight was responsible for LedgerX’s ability to avoid bankruptcy. Johnson emphasized that LedgerX was one of the businesses left out of FTX’s bankruptcy filing on Friday.

CFTC’s Regulation Of LedgerX

Selon le commissaire Johnson, la CFTC avait exigé que LedgerX détienne des fonds distincts séparément, sous réserve d'examens mensuels, trimestriels et annuels, et fournisse des bilans et des relevés bancaires vérifiés pour prouver la légitimité des actifs détenus dans des comptes au nom des consommateurs.

Additionally, she claimed, it requires FTX’s subsidiary to have reserves, including a one-year liquidity reserve, and to refrain from touching, pledging, investing, or posing any other threats to functioning capital.

She asserted that the CFTC always has “a number of options” for providing oversight to maintain market integrity, even in the absence of regulation.

Et pourtant, selon Johnson, la CFTC a besoin d'une autorité directe du Congrès pour interagir avec les acteurs du marché et les forcer à entrer dans le cadre réglementaire des marchés américains.

She compared the interaction between American regulators to “coming to Thanksgiving dinner” and added that “there are some folks you might not necessarily sit beside.”

CFTC contre SEC

Il y a eu une lutte constante entre CFTC et SEC sur qui recevra le signal vert pour prendre en charge l'espace crypto et les présidents des deux régulateurs estiment que Bitcoin est une marchandise alors que les deux ont des versions différentes dont les jetons peuvent être considérés comme des titres et qui peuvent être considérés comme des marchandises.

Recently, a polician criticized SEC Chai Gary Gensler and called his organization “power hungry.”

“Under Chair Gensler, the SEC has become a power-hungry regulator, politicizing enforcement, baiting companies to “come in and talk” to the Commission, then hitting them with enforcement actions, discouraging good-faith cooperation,” said Gensler.

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