CFTC serves Ooki DAO members lawsuit via governance discussion forum

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) served a lawsuit against Ooki DAO via its website chat box and its online governance forum, according to a Sept. 27 court filing. According to the filing, the decision to take this novel approach was because the DAO did not have: “Any listed headquarters or physical office location, mailing…

CFTC levies $250K fine on bZeroX, charges Ooki DAO for regulatory violations

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) imposed a $250,000 fine against bZeroX, a blockchain trading protocol, and its two founders. Simultaneously, the CTFC filed a federal civil enforcement action charging Ooki DAO — a successor to bZeroX that operated the same protocol — for illegally offering leverage and margin trading; failing to comply with the…