# CFTC ## [CFTC Issues Orders Against Operators of Three DeFi Protocols for Offering Illegal Digital Asset Derivatives Trading](https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8774-23) Establishes a terrible precedent that even geo-blocking U.S. IP addresses may not be sufficient to comply: >The order finds that although Opyn took certain steps to exclude U.S. persons from accessing the Opyn Protocol, such as blocking users with U.S. internet protocol addresses, those steps were not sufficient to actually block U.S. users from accessing the Opyn Protocol.