March is over and all of our brackets are busted. We hope you have been enjoying, Moore & Van Allen’s very own, Jay Bilas’ coverage on ESPN. In this month’s newsletter we will walk you through the CFTC’s continued updates on...more
4/3/2025
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California ,
CFTC ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Institutions ,
Government Agencies ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Swaps ,
Technology Sector
In other news from last month, we found out that Brian Quintenz was nominated by President Trump to serve as the next CFTC Chair. See our synopsis on Quintenz below. If and when Quintenz is confirmed—TBD on when the Senate...more
3/3/2025
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CFTC ,
Coinbase ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Digital Assets ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Orders ,
FDIC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Fraud ,
OCC ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Trump Administration
January is at least eight weeks – I’m certain of it. Now that it’s February we know who’s running the CFTC and its different Divisions, for the time being. Acting Chair Pham comes to her position with a long history of...more
So, we’ll start off with our familiar and cherished Enforcement Roundup, touch on emergency funding for the CFTC’s Whistleblower Program, talk about the CFTC’s advisory on artificial intelligence, get you ready for updates to...more
1/6/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Bots ,
CFTC ,
Commercial Litigation ,
Corporate Governance ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Government Shutdown ,
Machine Learning ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Technology Sector ,
Tokenization ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) is everywhere you look right now. AI is a lot of things, but for most of the market it is simultaneously a buzzword for innovation and efficiency, and a bogeyman for fraud and privacy concerns....more
12/17/2024
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Capital Markets ,
CFTC ,
Commodities ,
Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Innovative Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
Technology Sector
With the CFTC still in the early stages of its fiscal year, in the month of November, we did not see a lot of action by way of publicly-released enforcement actions from the CFTC or enforcement-related public statements from...more
12/6/2024
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CFTC ,
CFTC Enforcement Manual ,
Climate Change ,
COP ,
Derivatives ,
Derivatives Clearing Organizations ,
Digital Assets ,
Enforcement Actions ,
ETFs ,
Investigations ,
IOSCO ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Swaps ,
Technology Sector ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers ,
Zero Emission Credits
On July 11, 2018, pursuant to a Presidential Executive Order, the Department of Justice announced the formation of a new multi-agency task force on Market Integrity and Consumer Fraud that will focus on combating consumer and...more
7/17/2018
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Fraud ,
Cooperation ,
Corporate Fraud ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Digital Currency ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Agency Taskforce ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Money Laundering ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Trump Administration