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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Payward Ventures, Inc. d/b/a Kraken
Penalty: $1,250,000
Year: 2021
Date: September 28, 2021
Offense Group: financial offenses
Primary Offense: investor protection violation
Violation Description: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an order filing and settling charges against respondent Payward Ventures, Inc. d/b/a Kraken for illegally offering margined retail commodity transactions in digital assets, including Bitcoin, and failing to register as a futures commission merchant (FCM).
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.