In 2010, the SEC launched its whistleblower program. It consisted of three key pillars: anti-retaliation protections, employment protections and most importantly, a bounty, in the millions. To date, 66 whistleblowers have received $387M for blowing the whistle on corporate fraud. Meet Ted Siedle, one of the highest paid whistleblowers in program history. In June 2019, Ted got $68M for blowing the whistle on JP Morgan's wrongdoing.
Brian Quintenz of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission says the expansion of the crypto industry will create new challenges for CFTC as a regulator, but it is ready to meet those challenges.