Judge Rejects Gemini And CFTC Bid To Overturn $5 Million Settlement

TL;DR: A federal judge has rejected a joint attempt by Gemini and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to overturn the exchange’s $5 million settlement. The decision leaves the existing judgment in place despite the regulator’s changed approach to cryptocurrency enforcement. Gemini has failed in an unusual attempt to undo a regulatory settlement, despite having the very agency that brought the original case on its side. US District Judge Alvin Hellerstein rejected a joint motion by the excha