Odaily Planet Daily News: The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced on August 8 that it had paid a $1 million bonus to a whistleblower for providing clues that led to enforcement actions in the digital asset market. In the past fiscal year, digital asset cases accounted for almost half of the CFTC's caseload, and most of the whistleblower clues were related to digital assets. Brian Young, head of the CFTC's whistleblower office, said the agency is increasingly relying on whistleblower clues to conduct digital asset enforcement actions. The "sufficiently specific and credible information" provided by the whistleblower supports the CFTC's case. According to the CFTC, whistleblowers can receive a bonus of 10% to 30% of the collected monetary sanctions, which comes entirely from the agency's customer protection fund. If certain conditions are met, the CFTC will also award bonuses related to enforcement actions by other domestic or foreign regulators. (bitcoin.news)