June 17, 2025
The crypto exchange Gemini on Tuesday slammed the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Enforcement Division and the attorneys who pursued a now-settled case against the firm, calling the division "out of control" and accusing its attorneys of engaging in "trophy-hunting lawfare."
January 06, 2025
Crypto exchange Gemini has agreed to pay a $5 million penalty to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to resolve claims that it misrepresented certain aspects of a proposed bitcoin futures contract, according to a settlement agreement filed in New York federal court on Monday.
November 19, 2024
A New York federal judge has found that crypto exchange Gemini Trust Co. was the "maker" of alleged misrepresentations to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission about its plans to offer bitcoin futures contracts, but a jury will have to decide if the statements were materially false or misleading.
November 01, 2024
A New York federal judge has denied crypto exchange Gemini's bid to immediately appeal his decision that Gemini could be held liable for alleged misrepresentations to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission concerning its proposed bitcoin futures contract, sending the case to trial.
August 23, 2024
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has told a New York federal judge that even if the Second Circuit found crypto exchange Gemini Trust Co. didn't have ultimate responsibility over allegedly misleading statements about a proposed bitcoin futures contract, there would still be disputed facts requiring a trial.
August 09, 2024
Gemini Trust Co. has asked a New York federal judge for permission to quickly appeal to the Second Circuit a June ruling denying the Winklevoss-led crypto exchange a win in the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's lawsuit alleging Gemini illegally downplayed known risks of its proposed bitcoin futures contract.
July 19, 2024
The New York federal judge overseeing the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's claims that Gemini Trust Co. misled the regulator on a proposed bitcoin futures contract said Friday that he will not consider whether the regulator is taking contradictory positions as it defends its own alleged misstatements in another enforcement suit.
July 17, 2024
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has pushed back against Gemini Trust Co.'s efforts to paint the regulator's defense of misconduct claims in one case as contradictory to its arguments in its enforcement action against the Winklevoss-owned crypto exchange, telling a federal court that the two matters have "no legal or factual bearing" on each other.
July 15, 2024
Crypto exchange Gemini Trust Co. told a New York federal judge late Monday that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's arguments that Gemini misled it on aspects of a proposed bitcoin futures contract "directly contradict" the agency's defense of sanctions for its own alleged misstatements in another enforcement action.
June 24, 2024
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has urged a New York federal judge to grant it a pretrial win on claims cryptocurrency exchange Gemini provided incomplete information that misled the regulator on a proposed bitcoin futures contract, arguing Gemini's defense is nothing but a "convoluted exercise in avoidance."