NEW: California's financial regulator CaliforniaDFPI announced it was investigating the collapse of crypto exchange FTX. nikhileshde reports
California's Department of Financial Protection and Innovation announced it was investigating FTX late Thursday.
The regulator did not provide much detail in a press release, only saying it was"investigating the apparent failure of crypto asset platform"The DFPI is the agency responsible for administering the state's lending and banking laws, the recent California Consumer Financial Protection Law and the state's securities laws, which govern broker dealers, investment advisers, and commodities," the release said.
California becomes the first state to announce it was investigating the exchange after its failure earlier this week. Other states have already been looking into FTX, including Texas, prior to the collapse, and it's likely their investigations will expand in scope.
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