The National Futures Association in the United States has fined a crypto fund $150,000 for illegal Bitcoin loans

On August 21, according to a decision by the National Futures Association (NFA) on August 20, cryptocurrency fund Ikigai Strategic Partners agreed to pay a fine of $150,000 for allegedly conducting illegal Bitcoin loans. This action is part of the ongoing liquidity crisis in the industry throughout 2022. It's also the latest case of NFA - an agency responsible for regulating U.S. derivatives markets - overseeing activities in spot cryptocurrency markets. In a statement on August 20, NFA accused: "Ikigai Strategic allowed one of its operated fund pools to make a prohibited prepayment of fund pool assets to an affiliated company jointly owned by Anthony Robert Emtman and another person in charge at Ikigai Strategic."