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Crypto Frontier | 3 months ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +1 
 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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13026870 | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 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.
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sella maurtan | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 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