On May 5, 2023, New York Attorney General Letitia James released a bill for consideration by the New York State Legislature that would implement comprehensive and far-reaching regulation of digital asset activities in the...more
5/17/2023
/ Brokers ,
Crypto Exchanges ,
Digital Assets ,
Digital Platforms ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Financial Regulatory Agencies ,
Influencers ,
Investment Adviser ,
Listing Standards ,
Market Participants ,
NYDFS ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Proprietary Trading ,
Registration Requirement ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
State Attorneys General
On February 28, 2023, the National Futures Association (NFA), the self-regulatory organization for U.S. derivatives market participants, submitted to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for approval a new...more
3/17/2023
/ CFTC ,
Commodities ,
Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) ,
Compliance ,
Derivatives ,
Digital Assets ,
Digital Currency ,
Futures ,
Jurisdiction ,
Market Participants ,
National Futures Association ,
Proposed Rules
In a first of its kind enforcement action, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) is attempting to hold participating members of a decentralized autonomous organization (“DAO”) liable for alleged violations of the...more
10/5/2022
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
CFTC ,
Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) ,
Criminal Liability ,
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) ,
Digital Assets ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs) ,
Illegal Trading ,
Market Participants ,
Registration Requirement ,
Retail Investors ,
Swap Execution Facilities
On March 15, 2021, ISDA published the ISDA 2021 Security-Based Swaps (SBS) Top-Up Protocol (the SBS Top-Up Protocol). The SBS Top-Up Protocol enables SBS dealers (SBSDs) and other market participants to comply with certain...more