The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has launched a pilot program permitting Bitcoin, Ether, and USDC to be used as collateral in derivatives markets. Announced in Washington by Acting Chair Caroline Pham, the initiative marks a step toward clearer, practical rules for tokenized assets under the GENIUS Act, following...
Will the long-awaited crypto bill pass before the end of the year? The bi-partisan Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry finally gave crypto investors their first look at a draft of a bill that will regulate crypto markets in the US. There weren't any huge surprises but it appears...
Sports betting company PrizePicks could bring events-based contracts to its platform, which is available to 90% of the US and Canada. PrizePicks is set to enter the lucrative -- and increasingly crowded -- prediction market space. The company announced earlier this week that it had secured registration as a Futures...
Should a tokenized stock be treated like crypto or stock? The Senate has some ideas. The U.S. Senate has taken a step closer to resolving one of the thorniest issues in digital asset regulation. On September 5, 2025, lawmakers updated their crypto market structure bill with a new provision that...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Campaign for Accountability (CfA) submitted a comment to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), asking it to reject betting company KalshiEX, LLC’s proposal to allow events contracts based on the result of US elections. CfA Executive Director Michelle Kuppersmith wrote, in part: “As an organization dedicated...
This morning, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission released the report "Managing Climate Risk in the U.S. Financial System." Q2 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more This report - the first from the auspices of a financial regulator to look at such risks to the financial system specifically in the...
Today, in Washington D.C. the Senate Banking Committee is meeting and some of the topics to be covered are cryptocurrencies and Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). The entire cryptocurrency market was watching with bated breath to see what stance America might take on virtual currencies. Would they begin a crack down?...
It must have been painfully awkward for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Last year, Deutsche Bank settled a civil suit involving blatant market rigging and turned over reams of information, including chat logs and voice recordings. The trove contained plenty of damning evidence which had gone overlooked by the...
The latest Commitment of Traders report (as of last Friday) highlights some extreme levels of speculation in several different assets. Positioning in currency futures is supportive of a strengthening in the EUR, GBP, and JPY versus the USD as net long positions in the dollar moderate somewhat in the coming...
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Timothy Massad addressed attendees at MFA’s annual Outlook Conference. During his remarks, Chair Massad provided an update on the latest regulations impacting markets, including the latest on margin for uncleared swaps, capital requirements for swap dealers and major swap participants, automated trading, fine-tuning rules to...
Are regulators now cracking down on spoofing? It would appear so. The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed charges against Igor B. Ostacher and his firm, 3 Trading LCC for allegedly practicing a manipulative trading scheme called “spoofing.” The regulator filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for...
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) looking to shackle cryptocurrency currency traders and traders in derivatives of Bitcoin has ruled that it now be treated no differently than those trading in pork bellies, oil or gold. CFTC files and settles suit against Coinflip Last week Thursday, the CFTC announced that...
The whole idea of high frequency trading seems bogus to many market observers, but in the Wild, Wild West of 21st century Wall Street where anything goes, even a technology obviously designed to give one market participant an edge over others was tolerated. That said, it looks like the U.S. Commodity...
Mega bank and serial regulatory cheat JPMorgan has apparently been caught with its hand in the cookie jar again. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has joined an ongoing investigation by other regulatory agencies regarding whether JPMorgan made sufficient disclosures when directing clients to high-risk hedge fund investments, according to sources...
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an exemptive letter providing relief from certain provisions restricting marketing of investment opportunities to the public. A Commodity Pool Operator (CPO) claiming the exemptive relief must file a notice with the Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight. CFTC’s JOBS Act...
