Odaily Planet Daily News According to official news, the US CFTC announced recent law enforcement actions against the DeFi field, accusing Opyn, Inc., ZeroEx, Inc. and Deridex, Inc. three companies.
Specifically, Deridex and Opyn are accused of failing to register as a swap execution facility (SEF) or designated contract market (DCM), failing to register as a futures commission merchant (FCM), and failing to employ customer identification as required by the FCM Proceedings as part of the Bank Secrecy Act compliance process; ZeroEx, Opyn and Deridex have also been accused of illegally offering leverage and margin on digital assets for retail commodity trading.
The CFTC ordered Opyn, ZeroEx, and Deridex to pay civil penalties of $250,000, $200,000, and $100,000, respectively, and to cease the violations.
Under the settlement, the three companies agreed to pay civil penalties to avoid further legal action.