The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, has added 34 unregistered foreign entities to its Registration Deficient List, including at least six providing crypto-related services.
In a Thursday announcement, the CFTC said it had expanded its list of firms that it requires to register with the CFTC for providing services including trading binary options, foreign currency or other products such as cryptocurrencies. The additions to the Registration Deficient List, or RED list, include B.O TradeFinancials, CryptoBO, Bitpay Options, CryptoSphereFX, Direct Cryptos and Prime Crypto FX.
Since 2015, the CFTC has placed 202 companies on the RED List, warning U.S.-based investors to be cautious “when participating in products or markets that historically have seen a large number of fraud complaints.” Some of the websites linked to the crypto firms added on Thursday were not live at the time of publication.
“Because they are not registered with the CFTC, customers engaged...
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