The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued orders against the operators of three decentralized finance (defi) protocols. The regulator accused them of committing various violations of commodity laws including illegal trading of digital asset derivatives.
U.S. Commodities Regulator Settles Charges Against Defi Protocols Opyn, Zeroex, Deridex
The CFTC has taken action regarding three Delaware-registered companies doing business in the defi space — California-based Opyn and Zeroex as well as Deridex which is based in North Carolina. The Commission said it had issued orders filing and settling charges against them.
According to the announcement published on Thursday, Deridex and Opyn have been charged with failing to register as a swap execution facility (SEF) or designated contract market (DCM) and failing to register as a futures commission merchant (FCM).
The two entities also failed to adopt a customer identification program, as required of FCMs, while together w
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