On Monday, November 27, 2021, the National Futures Association (NFA) submitted to the CFTC proposed amendments to NFA Compliance Rule 2-7 to exclude associated persons (APs), designated as “swap” APs, from the Branch Office...more
Beginning on December 31, 2012, swap dealers began filing applications for registration with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). As of October 2015, 104 entities are provisionally registered as swap dealers....more
CFTC Says Virtual Currencies Are a “Commodity” Under Federal Law, Files Charges Against Coinflip for Operating an Unregistered Bitcoin Options Trading Platform - The Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed and...more