CFTC proposes a regulatory framework for retail crypto asset trading, addressing leverage, exchanges, intermediaries, custody, clearing, and settlement.
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CFTC proposes a regulatory framework for retail crypto asset trading, addressing leverage, exchanges, intermediaries, custody, clearing, and settlement.
The CFTC’s final rule establishes a 30% presumption for certain whistleblower awards and revises the agency’s award determination process.…
Continue Reading CFTC Final Rule Establishes 30% Presumption for Some Whistleblower Awards
On May 19, 2026, the CFTC’s Division of Enforcement replaced its 2025 tiered scoring matrix with a declination-first framework that imposes heightened self-reporting, cooperation, remediation, and restitution requirements on registrants seeking enforcement credit.…
Continue Reading CFTC Division of Enforcement Issues New Cooperation Policy
CFTC DoE Director David Miller highlighted prediction markets and crypto assets as perhaps the two most dynamic markets in finance during his March 2026 remarks at NYU Law School. …
Continue Reading Prediction Markets: A CFTC Enforcement Update
Prediction markets are electronic trading platforms where participants buy and sell interests in future event outcomes, from elections to economic indicators. Prices reflect aggregate probability, with event contracts typically offering binary yes or no outcomes.…
Continue Reading CFTC Regulatory Developments on Prediction Markets and Event Contracts
On Feb. 25, the CFTC’s Division of Enforcement released an advisory highlighting the benefits of self-reporting, cooperation, and remediation for violations of the Commodities Exchange Act. It refines the Division’s approach, guiding how these factors influence enforcement recommendations.…
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) undertook a series of initiatives in 2024 to address CFTC registrants’ and other industry participants’ use and application of AI technologies. While these actions…
Continue Reading Reviewing 2024 CFTC AI Initiatives and Looking Ahead
On Sept. 12, 2024, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) took another step toward limiting the availability and scope of relief provided by CFTC Regulation 4.7 (Reg. 4.7) under the…
Continue Reading CFTC Further Narrows Scope of Relief Under Regulation 4.7 ‘Registration Lite’
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued Letter No. 20-28 on Sept. 15, 2020. Letter 20-28 addresses issues of relevance both for futures commission merchants (FCMs) as well as asset
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Continue Reading Commodity Futures Trading Commission Issues Time-Limited Relief from CFTC Rule 1.56
On June 25, 2020, the five commissioners of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), by a vote of three-to-two, withdrew proposed Regulation Automated Trading (Reg. AT), and by a vote…
Continue Reading CFTC Cancels and Replaces Proposed Regulation AT