Commodity Futures Trading Commission - News, Articles & Research

FDIC says banks don't need prior approval for crypto activities

US banks no longer need to receive prior approval before engaging in crypto-related activities, says the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

31 March 2025

Company announcement/regulation

CFTC withdraws advisory on virtual currency derivative product listings

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Market Oversight and Division of Clearing and Risk announced they are withdrawing CFTC Staff Advisory No. 18-14, Advisory with Respect to Virtual Currency Derivative Product Listings, effective immediately.

28 March 2025

Company announcement/security

CFTC: Generative AI is making easier for fraudsters to fool tthe public

A new Commodity Futures Trading Commission customer advisory says generative artificial intelligence is making it increasingly easier for fraudsters to create convincing scams.

19 March 2025

Company announcement/regulation

CFTC hits Gemini with $5 million penalty

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a consent order against Gemini Trust Company LLC, a New York trust company.

14 January 2025

Company announcement

CFTC issues AI advisory

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Divisions of Clearing and Risk, Data, Market Oversight, and Market Participants today issued a staff advisory on the use of artificial intelligence in CFTC-regulated markets by registered entities and registrants.

06 December 2024

Company announcement/crypto

CFTC warns on messaging app scams

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Office of Customer Education and Outreach today released a customer advisory alerting messaging app users to beware of schemes to defraud them of assets, specifically crypto assets.

01 November 2024

Company announcement/regulation

CFTC slaps $22 million fine on Nasdaq Futures for regulatory violations

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued an order filing and settling charges against Nasdaq Futures, Inc., formerly a designated contract market (DCM).

29 August 2024

News/regulation

JP Morgan to pay $100m for client order monitoring failures

JP Morgan will pay $100 million to settle a CFTC probe that concluded the bank failed to properly monitor billions of client orders between 2014 and 2021.

27 May 2024

Company announcement/regulation

CFTC seeks comment on AI use in derivatives markets

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Divisions of Market Oversight, Clearing and Risk, Market Participants, and Data and the Office of Technology Innovation today issued a request for comment (RFC) to better inform them on the current and potential uses and risks of artificial intelligence (AI) in the derivatives markets the CFTC regulates.

29 January 2024

News/regulation

CFTC takes aim at ID discovery in DeFi

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is urging policymakers to address identity issues in Decentralized Finance (DeFi) operations.

09 January 2024

Company announcement/regulation

US court approves CFTC settlement against Binance and $2.7 billion penalty

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has approved the previously announced settlement and entered a consent order of permanent injunction, civil monetary penalty, and equitable relief against Changpeng Zhao and his companies Binance Holdings Limited, Binance Holdings (IE) Limited, and Binance (Services) Holdings Limited (together, Binance).

19 December 2023

Company announcement/regulation

CFTC issues orders against 3 DeFi operators for illegal derivatives trading

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today continued its enforcement focus in the digital asset decentralized finance (DeFi) space, by issuing orders simultaneously filing and settling charges against Opyn, Inc., a Delaware-registered company based in California; ZeroEx, Inc., a Delaware company based in California; and Deridex, Inc., a Delaware company based in North Carolina.

08 September 2023