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21 May 2024, 9:05 pm by William McDonald
Markham suggests that cryptocurrencies could also be classified as commodities, in which case they would fall under the exclusive regulatory authority of the Commodities Future Trading Commission (CFTC). [read post]
FTX, an abbreviation of “Futures Exchange” was founded by SBF in 2018 as a centralized cryptocurrency exchange supporting futures for all major cryptocurrencies. [read post]
13 Feb 2024, 9:09 am by CFM Admin
Of the 23 Exemptions, the following are relevant to entities that operate in the investment management space: Any broker or dealer of securities that is registered under Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”); Any entity registered with the SEC under the Exchange Act; An investment company under Section 3 of the Investment Company Act and registered with the SEC; An RIA (please note that state registered investment… [read post]
30 Jan 2024, 9:02 pm by renholding
The requirement that defendants must either admit or at least promise not to deny the government’s allegations of wrongdoing as a condition of settlement has not been widely adopted by federal agencies.[18]  Some agencies even explicitly allow settling defendants to deny the allegations of wrongdoing.[19]  As the Federal Trade Commission noted when approving one such settlement in 2012, it was confident in the work of its staff: it is the evidentiary record developed by FTC… [read post]
10 Jan 2024, 9:01 pm by renholding
Today [January 10], the Commission approved the listing and trading of a number of spot bitcoin exchange-traded product (ETP) shares. [read post]
18 Dec 2023, 2:48 pm by CFM Admin
 On October 2, 2023, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) proposed amendments to modernize Regulation 4.7, significantly increasing monetary thresholds and expanding disclosure requirements. [read post]
This applies only to certain offences, although these are relatively broad and include offences of bribery, money laundering, fraud, false accounting and fraudulent trading, as well as offences under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, Financial Services Act 2012, and offences under the Terrorism Act 2000. [read post]
13 Nov 2023, 9:05 pm by renholding
     Assessing Potential Risks The Analytic Framework retains the eight proposed “vulnerabilities that most commonly contribute” to financial stability risks.[24]Relative to the proposal, the Analytic Framework includes additional examples of the types of “quantitative metrics” the Council may consider under certain vulnerabilities: Vulnerability Sample Metrics – Proposal Additional Metrics – Final Leverage… [read post]
3 Nov 2023, 6:55 am by Unknown
By Suzanne CosgroveKalshiEX LLC, a regulated designated contract market that offers event contracts, sued the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in federal court Wednesday, challenging the Commission’s September 2023 order that prohibits Kalshi from listing its controversial Congressional Control Contracts (KalshiEX LLC v. [read post]
25 Sep 2023, 9:01 pm by renholding
In addition to being leveraged, trading in the assets was not limited to eligible contract participants, and did not result in actual delivery of the underlying commodities (bitcoin and ether in this case) within 28 days, rendering them retail commodity transactions under the CEA.10 Even though the leveraged trades that constituted retail commodity transactions were offered by an unaffiliated third party, the CFTC charged 0x with engaging in unlawful… [read post]
5 Sep 2023, 4:00 am by Unknown
The panel explained that this case involves two kinds of exchange-traded products (ETPs): those holding bitcoins and those holding bitcoin futures. [read post]
18 Aug 2023, 10:59 am by Mark D. Rasch
Similarly, if crypto is a security, a commodity future, or something other than a “fund” the EFTA’s regulations might not apply. [read post]
24 Jul 2023, 9:01 pm by renholding
Senate two weeks ago seeks “to bring crypto assets within the regulatory perimeter” by granting oversight responsibility to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for most forms of cryptocurrency. [read post]