The Commodity Futures Trading Commission warned operators of decentralized finance protocols on Thursday, saying it had filed and settled charges against the Opyn, ZeroEx and Deridex platforms.

Deridex and Opyn were charged with failing to register as a swap execution facility or designated contract market, failing to register as a futures commission merchant, and failing to adopt a customer identification program as part of a Bank Secrecy Act compliance program. ZeroEx, Opyn and Deridex were also charged with illegally offering leveraged and margined retail commodity transactions in digital assets, the regulator said in a statement. 

Opyn, ZeroEx, and Deridex were ordered to pay civil monetary penalties of $250,000, $200,000, and $100,000, respectively, and to cease and desist …