Regulators Have Feet on the Ground at LedgerX- Commissioner CFTC
FTX US acquired LedgerX in the second quarter of 2021. The CFTC has enforced digital assets cases involving frauds, Ponzi Schemes, Pump and Dump schemes. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission Commissioner Kristin Johnson said regulators have “feet on the ground” in FTX‘s wholly owned LedgerX U.S.-based business. Still, it’s left out of FTXs bankruptcy filing. According to reliable data, FTX acquired LedgerX in 2021, and it is known as a federally regulated exchange founded in 2013. It offers Mini contracts that trade in increments of 0.01 bitcoin and are available to all US citizens. Zach Dexter, Chief Executive Officer of LedgerX, wrote in his tweet that LedgerX is out of bankruptcy filing of FTX. On November 17, during the City and Financial Global Conference on Institutional Digital Assets and Crypto Regulation, Johnson was asked about the failure of FTX and whether it was a regulatory failure. The Commissioner said the question asked also relates to risk management, a challenge across asset classes and markets. Johnson Explained, “Careful risk management oversight, proper internal policies and procedures, and circuit breakers are critical,” she added, “Any number of internally developed and externally imposed regulatory guidelines could not have played a critical role in preventing some of what we have seen.” Kristin