SEC Targets “Clearer” Crypto Regulation with Task Force
January 22, 2025
With US regulatory uncertainty a regular theme of recent years in crypto markets, there is probably some relief at an… Read More »
With US regulatory uncertainty a regular theme of recent years in crypto markets, there is probably some relief at an… Read More »
The former CEO of bankrupt Voyager Digital, Stephen Ehrlich, has been charged with fraud by the US Commodity Futures Trading… Read More »
As is often the way, two US regulators have simultaneously announced fines of almost $550 million against banks and securities… Read More »
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has published a Staff Advisory on the risks associated with clearing organisations expanding… Read More »
Eurex FTSE Bitcoin Index Futures have been approved by the US Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), meaning US-based investors can… Read More »
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued an order simultaneously filing and settling charges against HSBC Bank USA for manipulative and… Read More »
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) have both fined Bank of Nova Scotia for… Read More »
With The Full FX View The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has levied a $6.8 million fine against Mizuho… Read More »
“Normalcy” has returned to some elements of financial markets with the return of the weekly CFTC Commitment of Traders report,… Read More »
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has filed a civil enforcement action against Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao and three entities that… Read More »
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has unveiled its new director of enforcement, the unit of the regulator that heads… Read More »
A sub-plot to the recent scandals and failures in the cryptoverse has been competition between US regulators to win control… Read More »
Just a week after filing charges against former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and… Read More »
With The Full FX View
As seems to often happen in the US, two regulators have announced charges against bankrupt crypto exchange FTX and its… Read More »
The International Swaps & Derivatives Association (ISDA) has launched the full open-source version of its Digital Regulatory Reporting (DRR) model… Read More »
The International Swaps & Derivatives Association (ISDA) says BNP Paribas has successfully implemented and tested a new initiative to enable… Read More »
Former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) official Matthew Kulkin, has joned WilmerHale as a partner to leads its futures and… Read More »
US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero has taken aim at the level of sanctions handed down… Read More »
The Foreign Exchange Professionals Association (FXPA) has announced that board member and former chair Chip Lowry, senior managing director at… Read More »
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) have collectively fined 11 financial institutions over $1.8… Read More »
The US Department of Justice has charged three men, including an ex-Coinbase employee, of insider trading in digital assets. What… Read More »
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has fined BNP Paribas $6 million for a series of swap reporting failures,… Read More »
The ongoing saga of the US regulators’ chase after the three co-founders of BitMex has seen a US District Court… Read More »
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has revealed three senior appointments, following the confirmation of a full bench of… Read More »
A US court has fined James Vorley and Cedric Chanu, both former Deutsche Bank precious metals traders in London, $150,000,… Read More »
With the US Senate confirmation of four new commissioners for the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the regulator has… Read More »
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has fined ED&F Man $3.25 million for a failure to disclose conflicts of… Read More »
Coinbase has announced the acquisition of FairX, a CFTC-regulated derivatives exchange, a move that represents the crypto firm says, a… Read More »
The US Senate has approved the nomination of Rostin Behnam as chair of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC),… Read More »
CME Group has announced four new peaks in its SOFR suite of products, with open interest growing to over 1.6… Read More »
Following a statement released by three US banking regulators, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Dawn Stump has released her own… Read More »
Another week, another former regulator taking up a role in the burgeoning crypto industry, with news that former Commodity Futures… Read More »
Lisa Shemie, chief legal officer of Cboe’s FX trading venues, has left the firm to join Oanda as general counsel… Read More »
FTX US has finalised its acquisition of Ledger Holdings, the parent company of crypto derivatives platform LedgerX, and will rebrand… Read More »
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has fined two related companies, Tether Holdings and Bifinex, $42.5 million for making… Read More »
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has fined UBS $500,000 for an error that saw over 1,000 of audio… Read More »
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) says that Division of Market Oversight (DMO) director Dorothy DeWitt will step down from… Read More »
Cryptocurrency exchange FTX US has reached an agreement for it to acquire Ledger Holdings, the owner of digital assets clearinghouse… Read More »
The debate over which US regulatory agency should regulate crypto markets continues to heat up, just weeks after Securities and… Read More »
A class action has been filed in California against Interactive Brokers alleging the firm aided and abetted fraud and breached… Read More »
The US District Court for the Southern District of New York has entered a consent order against five companies charged… Read More »
Former Deutsche Bank precious metals traders James Vorley, a UK citizen, and Dubai-based Cedric Chanu, have been sentenced in separate… Read More »
A couple of times over the last week I have found myself wondering why I missed a news event only… Read More »
Last year, TFS – ICAP received fines of £3.4 from the UK’s FCA and $7 million from the US CFTC.… Read More »
