Latest Posts › CFTC

Share:

Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take | Issue 37

Katten's Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds....more

SEC Provides Stablecoin Guidance Amid Legislative Developments, Dan Davis, Alex Kim

On Friday, the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance issued guidance clarifying when certain stablecoins may not constitute securities under the federal securities laws.[1] This...more

Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take | Issue 36

Katten's Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds....more

A More Business-Friendly Approach to Innovation, Risk Management and Derivatives Regulation: What to Expect From Incoming CFTC...

President Donald Trump's nomination of Brian D. Quintenz to serve as Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) portends a potential shift towards a more business-friendly regulatory approach to...more

Crypto in the Courts: Five Cases Reshaping Digital Asset Regulation in 2025

There has rarely been a larger or more widely distributed financial market that existed in a more uncertain regulatory context than cryptocurrencies and decentralized finance (DeFi) at the start of 2025. In the past several...more

Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take | Issue 34

Katten's Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds....more

Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take | Issue 33

Katten's Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds....more

New Administration, New Direction? What Swap Dealers Can Expect From CFTC Post-2024 Election

The 2024 US presidential elections may signal a shift in the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC or Commission) regulatory and enforcement approach. Under the incoming Trump administration, the CFTC could steer...more

Bitnomial Exchange Sues SEC, Challenging Agency's Authority Over XRP Futures

Bitnomial Exchange, LLC (Bitnomial), a designated contract market (DCM) registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has launched a legal offensive against the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),...more

Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take | Issue 30

Katten's Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds....more

CFTC’s Uniswap Settlement Sparks Debate on DeFi Regulation

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) continues to expand its regulatory reach in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space, this time targeting Uniswap Labs, the developer behind a prominent decentralized exchange...more

Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take | Issue 28

Katten's Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds....more

Ether’s Legal Status Clarified? CFTC Scores Win as Court Backs Agency’s Commodity Classification

In a victory for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), a federal court has granted summary judgment in favor of the agency in its case against Sam Ikkurty and his company Ikkurty Capital LLC. The ruling, issued by...more

The Lesson of Prometheus – A Special Purpose Broker Dealer May Cause Havoc in TradFi by Unilaterally Declaring ETH To Be A...

As referenced in the opening scene of the 2023 Oscar-winning film Oppenheimer, Prometheus, the Greek god of forethought, is best known for stealing fire from the gods to give to humanity. As punishment, Zeus had Prometheus...more

Copy and Paste: The SEC Adopts Security-Based Swap Execution Facility Rules that Closely Resemble Existing CFTC Swap Execution...

After issuing two proposals, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules (Final Rules) to establish its trading regime for security-based swaps (SBS) as required under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform...more

Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take | Issue 19

Katten's Financial Markets and Funds Quick Take is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds....more

New CFTC Enforcement Advisory on Penalties, Monitors and Admissions Portends Increased Compliance Costs for Industry

It is no longer just lions, tigers and bears Dorothy needs to be fearful of, but if she is a potential defendant in a CFTC enforcement action; she must also now worry about potential higher fines (especially if she is...more

Funds NOT Immediately Available: Actions FCMs Should Take to Protect Customer Funds Deposited at Distressed Banks

As US interest rates rose in 2022, the value of bank investments in long-dated and fixed-rate bonds declined. These declines were substantial enough to render many banks economically insolvent. Depositors not inclined to...more

Block Trades, EFRPs and Assorted Other Trade Practice Issues: A Practical Guide of Current Status

With some frequency, Katten attorneys field questions from clients about exchange rules on off-exchange execution of futures and options on futures. This Advisory provides a high-level overview on this topic in connection...more

Are Crypto Lending, DeFi and Stablecoins the New "Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!"? A Review of Recent Crypto Legal and...

Developments continue at a frenetic pace in the crypto industry. Issues barely on the radar screen 18 months ago have come front and center in today’s headlines. Areas with relatively small market capitalizations a year ago...more

Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest, Featuring Articles on the Latest Guidance From the SEC on SPACs and a FINRA Reminder for...

SEC/CORPORATE - SEC Statements Regarding SPACs Address Warrants and Projections - Following the increase in the number of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and the related business combinations between SPACs...more

21 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide