On October 29, the CME Group, a leading player in the derivatives marketplace, received approval from the National Futures Association (NFA) to establish its own Futures Commission Merchant (FCM). The granted approval allows CME Group to manage customer accounts directly and deepen its role in futures trading. Yet, this move,
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has filed a motion to compel the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to produce communications with issuers of 12 tokens that are central to a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The motion, filed in the Southern District of New York (SDNY),
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has raised serious concerns about the potential for manipulation in prediction markets, particularly in light of recent Kalshi events. In a new filing with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on September 14th, the CFTC argued that these markets, which allow
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has successfully secured an administrative stay in its ongoing legal dispute with Kalshi, a regulated exchange and prediction market based in New York. The conflict began when Kalshi filed a lawsuit against the CFTC at the end of 2023, challenging the regulator’s decision to block
Congressman John Rose from Tennessee has introduced a bill aimed at streamlining digital asset oversight through a unified regulatory approach. The proposed legislation, known as the “BRIDGE Digital Assets Act” (also referred to as the “Bridging Regulation and Innovation for Digital Global and Electronic Digital Assets Act”), seeks to establish
In a statement made public on September 4th, the Uniswap Labs, a developer of decentralized exchange (DEX), was charged by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) with the unlawful sale of leveraged cryptocurrency trading to retail investors in the US. As part of the settlement, Uniswap Labs complied with
Gemini, a cryptocurrency exchange, has asked US authorities to shelve a proposal that would outlaw event contracts on decentralized prediction markets if it were to pass. In a letter sent to Christopher Kirkpatrick, secretary of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), on August 8, Gemini emphasized the negative effects
BitMEX, a leading cryptocurrency exchange based in the Seychelles, has pleaded guilty to breaching the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) between 2015 and 2020, as announced by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday. Court documents reveal that BitMEX intentionally failed to implement a know-your-customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML)
It appears that the U.S. Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is trying to bring together the digital assets sector and the traditional financial markets by adding Mo Shaikh, CEO of Aptos Labs, to its digital assets subcommittee. The CFTC’s rulemaking on international commerce and business is greatly influenced by
Concerning the use of AI in the financial markets, particularly decentralized finance, Kristin Johnson of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has suggested measures including increased fines. Johnson expressed her worries on artificial intelligence and its implications for deregulation of financial markets in a speech she gave at the Fintech
