The Regulation of Retail Commodity Transactions—History and Background -
On March 24, 2020, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the Commission or the CFTC) finalized long-awaited interpretive guidance regarding...more
5/4/2020
/ Actual Delivery ,
Bitcoin ,
CFTC ,
Commodities ,
Designated Contract Markets (DCMs) ,
Digital Assets ,
Digital Currency ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Futures ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
Leveraged Finance ,
New Guidance ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchanges ,
Trading Platforms ,
Virtual Currency
On March 24, 2020, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the Commission or the CFTC) finalized long-awaited interpretive guidance regarding what constitutes the “actual delivery” of a digital asset in the context of...more
5/1/2020
/ Actual Delivery ,
Bitcoin ,
Blockchain ,
Bucket Shop ,
CFTC ,
Commodities ,
Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) ,
Commodity Futures Contracts ,
Designated Contract Markets (DCMs) ,
Digital Assets ,
Digital Currency ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Futures ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
Leveraged Finance ,
New Guidance ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchanges ,
Trading Platforms ,
Virtual Currency
Just like the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is actively policing the virtual currency market. On January 24, 2018, the CFTC announced an enforcement action against...more
On July 25, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) released groundbreaking materials relating to blockchain tokens. These materials provide significant and welcome insight to the SEC’s and its staff’s thinking...more
7/27/2017
/ Alternative Trading System (ATS) ,
Blockchain ,
Digital Currency ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Markets ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Investor Advisory Committee ,
Popular ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Unregistered Securities ,
Virtual Currency
On September 17th, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) announced an enforcement order and settlement against an unregistered bitcoin options trading platform. The order is notable for six reasons:
1) It is...more