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 CFTC announces $1M award for crypto whistleblower

The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that a whistleblower who assisted the financial regulator in an enforcement action “connected to digital asset markets” would receive a $1 million reward.
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 In an Aug. 8 notice, the CFTC said it had brought an enforcement action against a firm connected to the digital asset space based on “information about improper trading” provided by an unnamed whistleblower. The regulator did not suggest which crypto firm it was referring to. 
 The CFTC's Whistleblower Program allows individuals who voluntarily provide original information that leads to successful enforcement actions to receive monetary awards ranging from 10% to 30% of the monetary sanctions collected from the violators . In this recent case, the whistleblower's information was deemed sufficiently specific, credible, and timely, prompting the CFTC to initiate an investigation