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Groundbreaking and Informative – CFTC’s KuCoin Complaint

On March 26, 2024, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) filed a complaint (the “Complaint”) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (“SDNY”) for injunctive and other relief against...more

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Part 6: The Treatment of Separate Accounts—General Conditions

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This post is the next installment in a multi-part series on CFTC Regulation §1.44, as proposed by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) on February 20, 2024 (the “Proposed Rule”)....more

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Part 1: The Margin Adequacy Requirement under CFTC Rule 1.44 Generally

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This is the second of a multi-part series on a February 20 rule proposal by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) to...more

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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

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The CFTC’s DeFi Trifecta: Lessons and Implications for DeFi Participants Inside and Outside the US

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On September 7, 2023, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the settlement of three separate enforcement actions in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space: namely, concerning the Opyn protocol and its...more

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CFTC Charges Binance and its Founder with Multiple CEA Violations

On March 27, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”), the U.S. derivatives regulator, charged three Binance entities (collectively “Binance”) and its founder and chief compliance officer (“CCO”) with numerous...more

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Broker-dealer/FCMs! You need to have a talk with your clients about AEX Index Futures

Last month, Euronext published a notice to clients that will be of interest to US broker-dealers and FCMs who facilitate client execution and clearing of futures contracts listed on Euronext. The notice advises that from 20...more

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DAOs in CFTC’s Enforcement Crosshairs

On September 22, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) asserted its jurisdiction over a decentralized autonomous organization (“DAO”) and its founders, signaling for the industry that even an unincorporated...more

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CFTC Brings Significant Enforcement Action Against Online Cryptocurrency Exchange

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The action reflects the CFTC’s expanded jurisdiction and provides further clarity on what constitutes “actual delivery” in cryptocurrency trading. On June 2, 2016, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)...more

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