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  • Commodity Futures Trading Commission chairman Christopher Giancarlo on Tuesday criticised the oversight regime of cryptocurrency spot transactions, saying that a “rationalised federal framework” could be more effective at ensuring the market’s integrity.
  • The cryptocurrency world exploded in popularity, appeal and market capitalisation over the course of 2017. Exchanges struggled to develop products to cater to the huge swell of speculative demand. They’re learning quickly that the market wasn’t ready.
  • After months of sensational growth, bitcoin has, at last, faltered. An increasingly hostile regulatory environment has caused its price, which nudged $20,000 in December, to collapse to around $9,000.
  • The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have hardened their stances on cryptocurrency markets, amid wider market concerns about initial coin offerings and the launch of bitcoin futures.
  • The US Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday slapped down the possibility of new cryptocurrency exchange traded funds until “significant outstanding questions” were answered with regards to investor protections.
  • The European Securities and Markets Authority on Thursday kept up the pressure on providers of complex retail derivatives products by announcing a short consultation on crack-down measures, including a potential ban on cryptocurrency contracts for difference.