The National Futures Association (NFA), the U.S. self-regulatory organization of the futures and swaps trading industry, has published a new Interpretive Notice entitled “Disclosure Requirements for NFA Members Engaging in...more
8/22/2018
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Commodity Pool ,
Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) ,
CPOs ,
Derivatives ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Futures ,
NFA ,
Promotional Items ,
Swaps ,
Virtual Currency
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) scored a victory in its effort to assert jurisdiction over portions of the cryptocurrency and initial coin offering (ICO) markets last week, as a federal district judge...more
3/26/2018
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Commodities ,
Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) ,
Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) ,
CPO ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Fraud ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
Jurisdiction ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Virtual Currency
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and the CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) on December 1, 2017 self-certified contracts for bitcoin futures products with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Additionally, on...more
12/20/2017
/ Bitcoin ,
Block Trades ,
CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) ,
CFTC ,
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) ,
Commodities ,
Commodities Traders ,
Commodity Futures Contracts ,
Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) ,
CPOs ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Exchange-Traded Products ,
NFA ,
Registered Investment Companies (RICs) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Self-Certification ,
Virtual Currency