Tagged: cftc

November 5, 2026 @ 1:13 pm By Press Release  |  

CFTC Staff Addresses Use of Trust Companies for Daily Settlements | CFTC /PressRoom/PressReleases/9322-26 Skip to main content November 05, 2026 WASHINGTON — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Clearing and Risk today issued a no-action letter addressing whether derivatives clearing organizations may use trust companies to conduct daily settlements

November 5, 2026 @ 12:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Anchorage Digital has applied to the National Futures Association and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a swap dealer license. A new entity, Anchorage Digital Swap Dealer, LLC, has been created to pursue approval. In a post, Anchorage said it was pursuing the qualification because… Read More

November 4, 2026 @ 12:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tuesday’s midterm elections have now produced a decisive shift in Washington. Democrats secured majorities in both the Senate and the House of Representatives, ending two years of unified Republican government under President Donald Trump. Reuters and The Wall Street Journal reported sweeping victories that reached… Read More

November 4, 2026 @ 9:00 am By Press Release  |  

WASHINGTON — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced their signing of a Memorandum of Understanding intended to safeguard the integrity of U.S. agricultural markets.The MOU will allow the CFTC and USDA to harmonize policies and practices to better share information and increase access

November 3, 2026 @ 8:50 am By Press Release  |  

WASHINGTON — CFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig today released a statement announcing that perpetual futures contracts on individual equity securities can begin trading for the first time on designated contract markets that are dually registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as notice-registered national securities exchanges to trade security futures

November 1, 2026 @ 5:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A series of recent developments have illustrated how artificial intelligence is moving from experimental tool to structural force reshaping markets, public institutions, investment products, employment, and corporate strategy. From U.S. financial regulators confronting autonomous trading agents to central banks assessing institutional readiness, governments restricting consumer… Read More

October 28, 2026 @ 4:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) escalated its defense of federal oversight of prediction markets on October 27, 2026, by filing a lawsuit against the State of Utah and Attorney General Derek Brown. The action was brought in the U.S. District Court for the District… Read More

October 28, 2026 @ 1:00 pm By Press Release  |  

WASHINGTON — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced it will host an industry roundtable Dec. 15 to discuss issues related to the viability of derivatives markets moving to 24/7 trading. The dialogue will build upon the CFTC’s Request for Comment earlier this summer on 24/7 trading.The CFTC’s roundtable will

October 28, 2026 @ 10:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

On October 27, 2026, OG.com and Crypto.com jointly announced the launch of regulated crypto perpetual contracts for eligible U.S. traders. The products are accessible through OG.com’s distribution network, covering retail customers on the Crypto.com App and institutional or advanced traders on the Crypto.com Exchange. Crypto.com… Read More

October 27, 2026 @ 3:22 pm By Press Release  |  

WASHINGTON — Last week, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Risk Management Center at Kansas State University co-hosted the 2026 Agricultural Commodity Futures Conference (AgCon) in Overland Park, Kansas. The two-day conference brought together industry leaders, policymakers, and market participants to examine critical issues facing the agricultural economy, developments in

October 27, 2026 @ 1:47 pm By Press Release  |  

CFTC Announces Semiweekly Publication of the COT Report | CFTC /PressRoom/PressReleases/9316-26 Skip to main content October 27, 2026 WASHINGTON — CFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig announced the CFTC’s plan to increase the publication frequency of the Commitments of Traders Report (COT Report) from once to twice a week by the

October 27, 2026 @ 8:58 am By Press Release  |  

CFTC Sues to Block State Enforcement in Utah Amid Ongoing Efforts to Preserve Jurisdiction | CFTC /PressRoom/PressReleases/9315-26 Skip to main content October 27, 2026 WASHINGTON — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced today it has filed a lawsuit against Utah to block the state’s efforts to shut down CFTC-registered contract

October 26, 2026 @ 10:00 am By Press Release  |  

CFTC and National Basketball Association Sign MOU to Protect Integrity in Professional Basketball | CFTC /PressRoom/PressReleases/9314-26 Skip to main content October 26, 2026 WASHINGTON — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the National Basketball Association today announced their signing of a Memorandum of Understanding intended to protect the integrity of

October 21, 2026 @ 7:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway’s September cease-and-desist campaign against prediction-market platforms offering sports-related event contracts has produced its first federal lawsuits. On October 16, 2026, two of the six recipients—Crypto.com’s affiliated exchange and sports-focused operator Novig—filed actions seeking to block the state from applying its… Read More

October 20, 2026 @ 10:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) urged a federal court to dismiss CME Group’s lawsuit challenging the agency’s authorization of perpetual futures contracts on digital assets. The filing, submitted in the US District Court for the District of Columbia, contends that the exchange operator has… Read More

October 20, 2026 @ 2:00 pm By Press Release  |  

WASHINGTON—The CFTC’s Innovation Task Force today released the agenda for the inaugural Frontier Forum on Super Intelligence.  Attendees will discuss how SI is being implemented on the frontier, the impact that SI and its proliferation will have on U.S. markets, and the Commission’s role in fostering responsible SI adoption and innovation

October 16, 2026 @ 10:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

US District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein of the Southern District of New York (SDNY denied a joint motion by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Gemini Trust Company LLC seeking to vacate a consent order entered on January 6, 2025. The order resolved a 2022… Read More

October 13, 2026 @ 5:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

House Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill has argued that recent efforts by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to craft digital-asset rules fall short of the lasting framework only Congress can deliver. After the Senate blocked the CLARITY… Read More

October 13, 2026 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) emerging rules for leveraged retail cryptocurrency trading face a realistic risk of stalling or unraveling before the 2028 US presidential election, according to analysis from TD Cowen. In a note dated October 12, 2026, Jaret Seiberg, managing director at… Read More

October 10, 2026 @ 12:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain.com, a long-established digital asset platform, has moved to secure regulatory clearance that would allow it to expand into US prediction markets and cryptocurrency derivatives trading. The company informed CNBC that it has submitted applications for two licenses from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC),… Read More