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CFTC Issues Advisory to Clarify FBOT Registration Framework for Non-U.S. Crypto Exchanges to Access U.S.-based Participants

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To promote regulatory clarity, on August 28, 2025, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC")'s Division of Market Oversight issued an advisory to reaffirm its longstanding foreign board of trade ("FBOT") registration...more

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CFTC Staff Reaffirm the Commission’s FBOT Framework, Providing Clarity to Non-US Exchanges

Amid “recent confusion and disruption regarding whether non-US exchanges should register [with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission)] as a designated contract market (DCM) or [foreign board of trade...more

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CFTC Divisions Interpret "U.S. Person" Definition and U.S. Location Versus Foreign Location

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A 2024 CFTC enforcement action settlement that may have introduced a new test for when the Commodity Exchange Act and the agency's regulations apply on a cross-border basis concerned then-CFTC Commissioner and now Acting CFTC...more

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The Shadow Financial System

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The concept of the shadow financial system rose to international prominence in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In an interview with a Pakistani newspaper a month later, Osama bin Laden stated that Al Qaeda were...more

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Swaps Cross-border Guidance Proposal

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The Dodd-Frank Act amended the Commodity Exchange Act (the Act) to create a new regulatory framework for swaps, and added Section 2(i) to require the application of the Dodd-Frank Act swap requirements to activities that...more

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