Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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Period: 02 Oct 2008 - 31 Mar 2025

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CFTC calls for input on fintech competition

LabCFTC, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) FinTech initiative, announced today that it is requesting public input to gather ideas and topics for innovation competitions to advance the agency’s FinTech goals.

US judge says cryptocurrencies are commodities

US judge says cryptocurrencies are commodities

US lawmakers continue to wrestle with how to approach cryptocurrencies, as a federal judge says the likes of bitcoin can be treated as commodities by the CFTC, FinCEN says money transmitter rules apply to ICOs, and Wyoming's state legislature clears a bill exempting some crypto assets from securities laws.

FCA and CFTC sign fintech pact

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have today signed an arrangement that commits the regulators to collaborating and supporting innovative firms through each other’s financial technology (FinTech) initiatives – LabCFTC and FCA Innovate.

AMP Global fined for lax security

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against AMP Global Clearing LLC (AMP), a registered Futures Commission Merchant since 2010, for its failure between June 21, 2016 and April 17, 2017 to supervise diligently the implementation of critical provisions in AMP’s information systems security program (ISSP).

SEC and CFTC issue joint statement on cryptocurrency regulation

Distributed ledger technology, or DLT, is the advancement that underpins an array of new financial products, including cryptocurrencies and digital payment services.

SEC and CFTC promise to crack-down on virtual currency fraud

When market participants engage in fraud under the guise of offering digital instruments – whether characterized as virtual currencies, coins, tokens, or the like – the SEC and the CFTC will look beyond form, examine the substance of the activity and prosecute violations of the federal securities and commodities laws.

CFTC chair Giancarlo speaks out on cryptocurrencies

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo issued the following statement on virtual currencies today. Additionally the CFTC has released a backgrounder on its oversight of and approach to virtual currency futures markets.

CFTC commissioner: plans to seize algo trading source code are 'D-E-A-D'

CFTC commissioner: plans to seize algo trading source code are 'D-E-A-D'

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is killing off controversial plans to seize algorithmic traders' source code.

CFTC fines Citi $550,000 for LEI failings

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Citibank, N.A. (CBNA) and Citigroup Global Markets Limited (CGML) (collectively, Citi), for failing to report Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) information for swap transactions properly to a Swap Data Repository (SDR), failing to establish the electronic systems and procedures necessary to do so, failing to correct errors in LEI data previously reported to an SDR, and failing to perform supervisory duties diligently with respect to LEI swap data reporting, all in violation of CFTC Regulations.

CFTC revamps online filing portal

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Office of Data and Technology (ODT) announced today that it has launched an improved online filing portal for submitting CFTC Form 40 that addresses some industry concerns.

Commissioner Quintenz to sponsor CFTC tech advisory committee

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that Commissioner Brian Quintenz will sponsor the CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee (TAC).

LedgerX is first US federally regulated exchange and clearing house for digital currency derivatives

LedgerX, the New York-based institutional trading and clearing platform for digital currencies, receives approval to operate the first U.S. federally-regulated exchange and clearing house for derivatives contracts settling in digital currencies.

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