U.S. CFTC Acting Chairman: Enforcement Division Restructured, Refocused on Combating Fraud

[NEW YORK, May 28] — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on May 28 asked a federal court to vacate its $5 million settlement with cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, arguing the original enforcement action against the platform was built on flawed allegations. In a Wednesday filing, the CFTC teamed up with Gemini to move to dismiss the settlement. Following an internal review, the agency determined that the enforcement action brought during the Biden administration “should not have been brought—and would not be brought under current enforcement standards.” The CFTC pointed to its reliance on a whistleblower deemed “known unreliable” as a core issue, adding that the settlement’s ongoing forward-looking obligations no longer align with the agency’s mission or the public interest. The dispute stems from 2022 CFTC claims that Gemini made misleading statements about the trading volume and liquidity of Bitcoin futures contracts. Now, the regulator says the whistleblower’s accus

According to LookOnChain data, whale trader "pension-usdt.eth" closed its nearly two-month ETH short position on May 28 for a $1.13 million profit, turning a prior losing trade into a winning one. Additionally, the whale still holds a long position of 1,000 BTC valued at $73 million, which is currently sitting on an unrealized loss of $4.98 million.

May 28: Per monitoring by Hyperinsight (t.me/HyperInsight), as the ETH price dropped below $2,000, the largest ETH long position on Hyperliquid—operated by the so-called "BIT Whale"—suffered massive unrealized losses across four linked addresses, totaling $33.86 million. Calculated from its initial investment of approximately $16.5 million, this unrealized loss has now exceeded twice the original capital. Currently, this whale holds a long position of 120,000 ETH (valued at roughly $237 million) on Hyperliquid, with an overall weighted leverage of about 18x. Based on the weighted average entry price of funds across its addresses, the group’s average entry point sits around $2,270, and its most recent liquidation threshold stands at $1,716. It is reported that these addresses belong to BIT, a digital financial services group formerly known as Matrixport. The group received multiple internal fund transfers for these positions and previously took billions in ETH long positions, netting

On May 28, BILL saw a short-term 6% price spike that pushed its value to $0.09, likely driven by Bithumb’s announcement that it will list the BILLIONS (BILL) KRW trading pair.

On May 28, Grant Cardone, CEO of U.S. real estate investment firm Cardone Capital, announced on social media that Cardone Capital increased its Bitcoin holdings by 130 coins during a crypto price dip.

May 28: Per Bitget market data, spot silver touched down to $72 per ounce with an intraday drop of 3.54%; spot gold is currently trading at $4,375.65 per ounce, down 2.00% on the day.