On April 17, 2025, the Market Participants Division, the Division of Clearing and Risk, and the Division of Market Oversight (collectively, the "Operating Divisions") of the CFTC, along with the Division of Enforcement...more
4/23/2025
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Compliance ,
Enforcement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
New Guidance ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Self-Reporting
The Digital Chamber ("TDC"), an organization dedicated to championing Bitcoin, digital assets, and blockchain innovation, recently released a proposed agenda for the SEC's new chair and commission titled TDC's "2025 SEC...more
On December 4, 2024, the CFTC's Division of Enforcement ("Division") released its enforcement results for Fiscal Year 2024. The results reflected an all-time high for monetary relief, mainly from its resolution of off-channel...more
12/11/2024
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) ,
Corporate Counsel ,
CTFC ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Digital Assets ,
Disgorgement ,
Enforcement ,
Fraud ,
Know Your Customers ,
Penalties ,
Restitution ,
Whistleblowers
"The United States, with its history of welcoming innovators, has a large reserve of good will. In a country that ever aspires to improve with time, people are hopeful that bad policy approaches can change. This hope is not...more
On June 17, 2024, the CFTC's Division of Enforcement announced that it had reached a settlement with Trafigura Trading LLC ("Trafigura") over allegations that the firm manipulated oil derivatives prices while discouraging...more
7/2/2024
/ Anti-Bribery ,
Carve Out Provisions ,
CFTC ,
DOJ Strike Force ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Enforcement ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Harassment ,
Market Manipulation ,
Misappropriation ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Professional Regulators ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Special Investigators ,
Trading Platforms ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies
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 ,
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) ,
Digital Assets ,
Enforcement ,
Financial Institutions ,
Fraud ,
HSBC ,
Interest Rates ,
OCC ,
Popular ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Restitution ,
Spoofing ,
Swap Dealers ,
Unfair Trade Practices Act
While the initial swap dealer enforcement actions brought by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) focused on swap data reporting failures, recent enforcement efforts have focused on compliance with business conduct...more
5/26/2023
/ CFTC ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) ,
Compliance ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Enforcement ,
Final Rules ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Swap Dealers ,
Swaps ,
Transparency