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8 Jun 2022, 6:17 am by John Jascob
Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo), would be to bring unified federal oversight to bear on digital asset markets in the U.S. but without crushing the blockchain industry. [read post]
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) On May 19, the CFTC charged several individuals for fraudulently soliciting at least $44 million for participation interests in a so-called “income fund” investing in digital assets and other instruments. [read post]
28 May 2022, 8:12 am by sbarder2@illinois.edu
At the Aspen Security Forum, Gary Gensler, chair of the SEC, compared the state of cryptocurrency regulation to the “Wild West,” noting its lack of investor protection.[1]  Gensler has continued to repeat the “Wild West” metaphor when discussing the challenges and lack of cryptocurrency regulation, which leave individual investors and financial markets vulnerable to fraud.[2] Although the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network… [read post]
27 May 2022, 7:37 am by jeffreynewmanadmin
The department has agreed to credit up to one-half of the criminal fine and forfeiture against penalties Glencore Ltd. pays to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in a related, parallel civil proceeding. [read post]
25 May 2022, 2:48 pm by Geoff Schweller
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced settled charges against Glencore International A.G. of Switzerland, Glencore Ltd. of New York, and Chemoil Corporation of New York (collectively, Glencore), an energy and commodities trading firm, for manipulation and foreign corruption in the U.S. and global oil markets. [read post]
25 May 2022, 2:48 pm by Geoff Schweller
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced settled charges against Glencore International A.G. of Switzerland, Glencore Ltd. of New York, and Chemoil Corporation of New York (collectively, Glencore), an energy and commodities trading firm, for manipulation and foreign corruption in the U.S. and global oil markets. [read post]
20 May 2022, 9:28 am by Geoff Schweller
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Whistleblower Office issued a Notice of Covered Action (NCA) for an enforcement action taken against Kraft Foods Group, Inc. and Mondelēz Global LLC. [read post]
12 May 2022, 6:34 am
When I first appeared before this group, as Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Washington was still developing the regulatory response to the 2008 financial crisis. [read post]
12 May 2022, 6:34 am
When I first appeared before this group, as Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Washington was still developing the regulatory response to the 2008 financial crisis. [read post]
11 May 2022, 9:01 pm by Gary Gensler
When I first appeared before this group, as Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Washington was still developing the regulatory response to the 2008 financial crisis. [read post]
  To that end, he has asked Commission staff to “work on a number of projects related to the platforms,” including: Getting the platforms registered and regulated like exchanges, and whether and how the protections that are afforded to retail investors on traditional exchanges should also apply to crypto platforms; Regulating platforms that list both crypto commodity tokens and crypto security tokens by working with the Commodity Futures… [read post]
29 Apr 2022, 8:03 am by Ana Popovich
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). [read post]
28 Apr 2022, 12:41 pm by Geoff Schweller
Individuals can disclose information relevant to potential FCPA violations to either the SEC or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). [read post]
For example, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) issued a report in November 2021 identifying climate change as an “emerging threat to the financial stability of the United States” and recommending that its members accelerate their current climate-related efforts and take additional, coordinated actions to enhance the resiliency of the financial system to climate-related risks.[6] The Commodities Futures Trading Commission[7] also has… [read post]
20 Apr 2022, 9:05 pm by Lee Reiners
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has classified Bitcoin and Ether – and by extension other cryptocurrencies that are similarly structured – as commodities (courts have also upheld this classification). [read post]
19 Apr 2022, 11:38 am by jeffreynewmanadmin
The Commodities Futures Trading Commission has charged David Scudder, Global AG with spoofing-in this case cross-marketing spoofing in which two correlated markets were used for the scheme. [read post]
Moreover, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reiterated in light of the COVID-19 crisis the importance of maintaining market integrity and adhering to corporate controls and procedures, particularly with respect to material nonpublic information (MNPI) and insider trading. [read post]
7 Apr 2022, 9:01 pm by Gary Gensler
This framework would harmonize with the SEF framework promulgated by our sibling agency, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). [read post]
7 Apr 2022, 11:49 am by Geoff Schweller
Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has previously questioned Chair Gensler, as well as nominees to be commissioners of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), on whistleblower issues. [read post]