CFTC 与 Gemini Trust Company LLC 一起提出免除判决的动议

CFTC 与 Gemini Trust Company LLC 一起提出免于判决的动议 |美国商品期货交易委员会
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CFTC 与 Gemini Trust Company LLC 一起提出免除判决的动议
2026 年 5 月 27 日
华盛顿——商品期货交易委员会今天宣布，它已与 Gemini Trust Company LLC 一起提出一项动议，要求免除 CFTC 诉 Gemini Trust Company LLC 案的判决，该案最初于 2022 年 6 月向美国纽约南区地方法院提起 [参见 CFTC 新闻稿第 8540-22 号]。双方于 2025 年 1 月签署了同意令 [参见 CFTC 新闻稿第 9031-25 号]。
CFTC 对调查历史、证据、指控决定、诉讼策略进行了全面审查，并考虑了联邦数字资产政策的变化，从而解决了多个政府机构的众多数字资产调查和案件。
因此，美国商品期货交易委员会 (CFTC) 得出结论，不应提出申诉，而且根据现行执行标准也不应提出申诉。审查特别发现：（1）投诉主要基于已知缺乏可信度的举报人的叙述； (2) 调查的重点不是涉嫌欺诈者，而是追究欺诈受害者 Gemini 在注册申请过程中向 CFTC 提供的虚假陈述； (3) 对双子座不利的证据的强度存在严重质疑； (4) 当 CFTC 对针对 Gemini 的投诉进行投票时，专员拒绝提供所要求的证据支持； (5) 投诉对 CFTC 的内部审议提出了质疑，但随后诉讼律师援引审议程序特权并提出反对意见，以阻止 Gemini 获得为自己辩护所需的证据； （六）人员不当影响CFTC监管机构，创造结算杠杆。
这些调查结果不仅对 CFTC 在这种情况下的执法流程提出了质疑，而且还证明了联邦政府修订执法方法和标准的必要性，包括在数字资产领域。
因此，CFTC 认为继续执行同意令的预期条款既不符合 CFTC 的使命，也不符合公共利益。双方现在共同请求法院撤销有关预期条款的同意令，因为同意令的非预期条款（例如施加民事罚款）已经得到满足，并且适用其余条款（包括禁令救济）预期将是不公平的。双方同意，500万美元的罚款将不会退还给Gemini。
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CFTC Joins Gemini Trust Company LLC in Motion for Relief from Judgment | CFTC
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CFTC Joins Gemini Trust Company LLC in Motion for Relief from Judgment
May 27, 2026
WASHINGTON — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced it has joined Gemini Trust Company LLC in a motion for relief from judgment in CFTC v. Gemini Trust Company LLC , originally filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in June 2022 [See CFTC Press Release No. 8540-22 ]. The parties entered into a consent order in January 2025 [See CFTC Press Release No. 9031-25 ].
The CFTC conducted a comprehensive review of the history of the investigation, the evidence, the charging decision, the litigation tactics in the matter, and considered changes in federal digital asset policy resulting in the resolution of numerous digital asset investigations and cases across multiple government agencies.
As a result, the CFTC concluded the complaint should not have been filed — and would not have been under current enforcement standards. In particular, the review found that: (1) the complaint was largely based on a whistleblower’s account known to be lacking in credibility; (2) instead of focusing on alleged fraudsters, the investigation pursued Gemini, who was a fraud victim, for purported false statements to the CFTC during a registration application process; (3) there were serious questions about the strength of the evidence against Gemini; (4) requested evidentiary support was withheld from a Commissioner while the CFTC voted on the complaint against Gemini; (5) the complaint put the CFTC’s internal deliberations at issue but then litigation counsel invoked the deliberative process privilege and interposed objections to prevent Gemini from obtaining evidence necessary to defend itself; and (6) personnel improperly influenced the CFTC’s regulatory authority to create settlement leverage.
These findings not only call into question the CFTC’s enforcement process in this instance but also demonstrate the necessity of the federal government’s revised enforcement approach and standards, including in the digital asset space.
Accordingly, the CFTC determined that continuing enforcement of the consent order’s prospective provisions serves neither the CFTC’s mission nor the public interest. The parties are now jointly moving the court to vacate the consent order as to the prospective provision because the consent order’s non-prospective provisions, such as its imposition of a civil monetary penalty, have already been satisfied, and applying the remaining provisions — including injunctive relief — prospectively would not be equitable. The parties have agreed that the $5 million penalty will not be returned to Gemini.
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