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The CFTC Proposes Expansive Business and Governance Rules for Registered Derivatives Markets

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") recently proposed new and modified conflicts of interest, fitness, and governance regulations for swap execution facilities ("SEFs") and designated contract markets ("DCMs")....more

No Fair Notice, but a Fair Outcome: Fifth Circuit Rules Against CFTC for "Rulemaking by Enforcement"

On January 9, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed a 2022 jury verdict for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") against EOX Holdings LLC and a former broker, Andrew Gizienski, holding...more

The CFTC Proposes Rules to Protect Clearing Member Funds Held by DCOs

In Short - The Situation: In a December 13, 2023, Open Meeting, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission proposed amendments to the Commission's regulations concerning clearing member funds held by a derivatives clearing...more

Wait, There's More: The CFTC Proposes Additional Swap Reporting and Recordkeeping Amendments

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") has proposed swap reporting and recordkeeping amendments that would: designate a unique product identifier ("UPI") and product classification system ("PCS") for the "other...more

The CFTC Proposes "Guidance" for Derivatives Markets on Listing Voluntary Carbon Credit Derivatives

In Short - The Background: As voluntary carbon credits ("VCCs") have grown in popularity, questions about their integrity and quality have arisen for investors and among regulators and lawmakers. For this reason, many have...more

CFTC Lacks Jurisdiction Over TRS on ETFs and Custom Baskets

In Short - The Situation: The civil action of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") against Archegos Capital Management LP and its CFO is but one of many civil and criminal matters arising out of Archegos's...more

SEC Reopens Comment Period for Rule Proposing New Disclosures for Security-Based Swaps

The Situation: The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") has reopened the comment period for its proposed rule requiring public disclosure of security-based swap ("SBS") positions that exceed certain thresholds....more

New CFTC Enforcement on Carbon Markets Misconduct

Introduction - On June 20, 2023, the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") Whistleblower Office, a unit of the agency's Division of Enforcement ("DOE"), issued a rare alert, soliciting tips about...more

SEC Rebuked for Failing to Explain Why It Declined to Regulate a Financial Product

The SEC's loss highlights a bigger problem with legislation that calls for sharing jurisdiction with the CFTC over financial products....more

Federal Agencies Coordinate Action Against Celsius for Fraud and Manipulation

In Short - The Situation: In parallel federal actions, the Department of Justice ("DOJ"), Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC"), and Federal Trade Commission ("FTC")...more

CFTC Staff Advisory Warns That SEF Prime Brokerage Arrangements Might Require DCO Registration

This advisory is the latest Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("Commission" or "CFTC") staff action conveying a Commission or staff view that CFTC registrants conducting business in nontraditional ways may need to register...more

CFTC Goes Beyond the Law to Pursue Nonexistent "Markets"

In Short - The Situation: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") staff have issued—and the Commission is now enforcing—a new interpretation of "swap execution facility" that expands the Commodity Exchange Act's...more

CFTC Partners with SEC and DOJ to Bring Coordinated DeFi Enforcement Action Targeting Oracle Manipulation

In Short - The Situation: Decentralized finance ("DeFi") is a rapidly growing sector that, by definition, eschews centralized financial institutions altogether. Misconduct that has accompanied that growth has drawn the...more

Senators Urge CFTC to Regulate Carbon Credit Markets

A group of seven U.S. senators have written a letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC"), expressing concerns with the integrity of the carbon credit markets and urging the CFTC to investigate and regulate...more

10/26/2022  /  Carbon Emissions , CFTC , Offsets

A DAO Is No Defense: CFTC Says Decentralization Does Not Immunize DeFi from Regulation

In Short - The Situation: Under the existing legal regimes, decentralized autonomous organizations ("DAO" or "DAOs") have been viewed as a way to hedge against regulatory action by way of a decentralized structure. The...more

Digital Assets Defined: Consumer Protection and Cybersecurity Enter the Stage

In this latest White Paper on our Bill analysis, we underscore headline proposals in the Lummis-Gillibrand Responsible Financial Innovation Act (the “Bill”) regarding consumer protection standards (Title V) and cybersecurity...more

Digital Assets Defined: SEC, CFTC, and Ancillary (Illusory?) Assets

In "Digital Assets Defined: How Lummis-Gillibrand Will Shape the Coming Fintech Debate," we provided a high-level overview of the Responsible Financial Innovation Act (the "Bill") and examined some of its significant...more

Proposed Stabenow-Boozman Bill Falls Short in Bringing Regulatory Certainty to Digital Assets Space

In Short - The Situation: Following the release of the Responsible Financial Innovation Act (the "Lummis-Gillibrand Bill"), four senators on the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry released their own...more

Digital Assets Defined: How Lummis-Gillibrand Will Shape the Coming Fintech Debate

On June 7, 2022, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) introduced the Responsible Financial Innovation Act (the "Bill"), which proposes a regulatory framework for digital assets across nine titles...more

Don't Call it a Swap: The CFTC Asserts Jurisdiction Where it Shouldn't

In Short - The Situation: In a federal district court complaint against Archegos Capital Management, LP ("Archegos"), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") has asserted jurisdiction over what many view as...more

7/25/2022  /  CFTC , Dodd-Frank , ETFs , Security-Based Swaps

Derivatives Markets Under Sanction and Pandemic Pressure: How to Respond

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has disrupted the supply of many commodities. Prices of a number of commodities increased substantially from December 2021 to March 2022: crude oil prices and wheat prices increased by more than...more

JONES DAY TALKS®: We Got This: CFTC Chair Pursues Authority Over Digital Assets [Audio]

As discussions and debates unfold over digital currency regulations, Commodity Future Trading Commission chairman Rostin Benham told a U.S. Senate committee that "speculative fervor" surrounding cryptocurrencies has...more

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