The Dodd-Frank Act amended the Commodity Exchange Act (the Act) to create a new regulatory framework for swaps, and added Section 2(i) to require the application of the Dodd-Frank Act swap requirements to activities that...more
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) recently took a series of actions confirming views expressed late last year by CFTC Chairman Timothy Massad that "[d]erivatives contracts based on a virtual currency represent...more