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Ether’s Legal Status Clarified? CFTC Scores Win as Court Backs Agency’s Commodity Classification

In a victory for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), a federal court has granted summary judgment in favor of the agency in its case against Sam Ikkurty and his company Ikkurty Capital LLC. The ruling, issued by...more

After Over a Decade of Rejections, SEC Approves 11 New Spot Bitcoin ETPs

Eleven spot bitcoin-based exchange-traded products (ETPs) were finally approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on January 10, 2024, after multiple such ETPs had been rejected by the SEC over the last ten...more

CFTC Settles Enforcement Action Against Commodity Trading Firm for Alleged Fraud in Connection with Physical Commodity Trading...

Emphasizing its broad authority over fraud solely in connection with commodities – not just fraud in connection with derivatives referencing commodities – the Commodity Futures Trading Commission settled an enforcement action...more

CFTC Proposes to Amend Customer Funds Investment Rule Including to Again Permit Investments in Certain Non-US Sovereign Debt

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has proposed to lessen a blanket restriction on the investment of customer funds in all non-United States sovereign debt instruments that was imposed on future commission...more

No Exemption for DAO from Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC Regulations for Operating a Decentralized Exchange Rules...

A decentralized autonomous organization is an unincorporated association under California and federal law that is liable for violations of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and regulations of the Commodity Futures Trading...more

Rationality in the Federal Oversight of Digital Assets? It’s Possible Say Members of Two House Committees Proposing New...

A framework for a potential bill that would provide (1) the Commodity Futures Trading Commission exclusive jurisdiction over digital commodity transactions occurring on or with three new types of registrants and (2) an...more

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