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US CFTC Promises ‘Holistic Framework’ for Digital Assets by 2024
By Kollen Post
July 8, 2020, Cointelegraph
The CFTC has made comprehensive crypto regulation a strategic objective to accomplish over the next few years, referring to digital assets as “21st …
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CFTC Is Waiting on SEC to Allow Futures Trading of More Digital Assets, Says CFTC Chairman
By Kollen Post
July 7, 2020, Cointelegraph
Chairman Tarbert of the CFTC wants to see more clarity on which tokens are securities within the U.S. as well as broader international …
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Swap dealers open full-court press on US CFTC to ease dealer-capital proposal
By Neil Roland
June 24, 2020, MLex
Banks and other swap dealers have launched a full-court press on Heath Tarbert, head of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and other …
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Futures Exchanges Get Discretion to Police Technology Glitches
By Dave Michaels
June 25, 2020, The Wall Street Journal
Futures exchanges would be expected to create defenses against disruptive technology failures, but might not have to upgrade current policies …
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Europe hints at Mifid II position limit reforms
By Luke Jeffs
June 24, 2020, Global Investor Group
The European regulator has given its strongest indication yet that it will relax the Mifid II commodity derivatives position limits regime …
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US LEI proposal for commodity pools panned by global authority for not going far enough
By Neil Roland
June 19, 2020, MLex
A US proposal to require the use of legal entity identifiers by investment companies that trade swaps doesn’t open a big enough window …
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Flash Boys’ new U.S. rules will let them keep trading secrets
By Ben Bain
June 18, 2020, Bloomberg
U.S. derivatives regulators are preparing to issue a new plan to regulate high-frequency trading after much-tougher Obama-era proposals were killed amid widespread industry …
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EU eases rules for some foreign clearing houses in nod to U.S.
By Huw Jones
June 11, 2020, Reuters
A new European Union law requiring closer scrutiny of foreign clearing houses used by customers from the bloc has been simplified after the …
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CFTC approves final rule on registration and compliance for CPOs and CTAs
By Kyle Glenn
June 4, 2020, MarketVoice
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission voted 5-0 on a final rule related to registration and compliance requirements for commodity pool operators (CPOs) …
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Penalty Guidance Gives Companies More Transparency, CFTC Official Says
By Dylan Tokar
May 29, 2020, The Wall Street Journal
New guidance on how the nation’s derivatives regulator calculates fines is intended to give companies and officials a framework for …
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