On September 5, 2025, the SEC and CFTC issued a joint statement on regulatory harmonization opportunities and announced a joint SEC/CFTC roundtable to be held at the end of September. This release came on the heels of an...more
9/9/2025
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Cryptoassets ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) ,
Digital Assets ,
FinTech ,
Innovation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Senate Banking Committee ,
Trading Platforms
Just days after the closing of the comment period for the CFTC's first initiative under its Crypto Sprint, on August 21, 2025, the CFTC announced the beginning of its next Crypto Sprint initiative. The CFTC previously...more
We noted last week in connection with our initial post regarding the Presidential Working Group Report on Digital Assets (the "PWG Report" or the "Report") that we would be engaged in further analysis of that Report and offer...more
On November 7, 2023, the Division of Enforcement ("Division") of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") released its annual report of the results of its enforcement efforts, announcing that it had...more
12/15/2023
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Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) ,
Cybersecurity ,
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Digital Assets ,
Enforcement ,
Financial Institutions ,
Fraud ,
HSBC ,
Interest Rates ,
OCC ,
Popular ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Restitution ,
Spoofing ,
Swap Dealers ,
Unfair Trade Practices Act