The agencies pledge to “usher in a new era of innovation” through a collaboration on rules and exemptions that aims to provide digital asset markets with clarity....more
Recognizing the continued evolution of global derivatives markets that has resulted from technological innovation in the United States and abroad, the CFTC issued its FBOT Advisory to provide regulatory clarity with respect...more
On September 2, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a Joint Staff Statement regarding the listing of leveraged, margined, or financed spot...more
To promote regulatory clarity, on August 28, 2025, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC")'s Division of Market Oversight issued an advisory to reaffirm its longstanding foreign board of trade ("FBOT") registration...more
In a significant move aimed at enhancing regulatory clarity and fostering global market access, particularly for offshore cryptocurrency firms, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a new advisory on the...more
On July 29, the CFTC approved its final rule allowing U.S. introducing brokers (IBs) direct access to registered foreign boards of trade (FBOTs) for the submission of customer orders. Specifically, the CFTC will amend its...more
Editor's Note The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency, specifically...more
Established in 1974, the CFTC was originally responsible for overseeing and regulating the commodity futures and options markets in the United States. Initially, its primary focus was to regulate trading of futures related to...more
2017 Examination Priorities Announced by the SEC - On January 12, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) released its 2017 examination priorities, which seek to...more
The CFTC issued Orders of Registration (Orders) to the following Foreign Boards of Trade (FBOT): (i) Eurex Deutschland; (ii) CME Europe Limited; (iii) ICE Futures Europe; (iv) The London Metal Exchange; and (v) London Stock...more