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Collyer Bristow LLP | USA | 9 Mar 2021
CFTC brings first ever enforcement action for cryptocurrency "pump-and-dump" scheme
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has brought its first ever enforcement action for a manipulative scheme involving cryptocurrency…
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP | USA | 12 Aug 2020
CFTC Finalizes Cross-Border Swaps Rule
On July 23, 2020, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) voted 3-2 to approve a final rule (Final Rule) on the cross-border…
Buckley LLP | USA | 31 Jul 2020
CFTC awards $9 million to whistleblower
On July 27, the CFTC announced an approximately $9 million whistleblower award to a claimant who reported “specific, credible and timely” information…
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP | USA | 20 Jul 2020
CFTC Conditions Rule 4.13 Eligibility on Absence of Statutory Disqualifications
On June 4, 2020, the CFTC amended Rule 4.13, which contains a fund-level registration exemption that is frequently claimed by private fund managers…
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP | USA | 17 Jul 2020
CFTC DSIO Extends Temporary Relief from Registration Fingerprint Requirement
The CFTC Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight ("DSIO") extended temporary relief for associated persons and principal registrants from…
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP | USA | 17 Jul 2020
CFTC DSIO Extends No-Action Relief on Registration Fingerprint Requirement
The CFTC Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight ("DSIO") extended relief from July 23, 2020 to September 30, 2020 to principals and…
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP | USA | 4 Jun 2020
CFTC Extends Phase 5 Compliance Date for Its Initial Margin Rules and Proposes More Regulatory Flexibility for Non-US Commodity Pool Operators
On May 28, 2020, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) unanimously approved an interim final rule extending the Phase 5…
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP | USA | 7 Apr 2020
CFTC Clarifies Meaning of ‘Actual Delivery’ in Margined, Leveraged or Financed Retail Transactions in Virtual Currencies
On March 24, 2020, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) voted unanimously to adopt an interpretation of the term “actual…
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP | USA | 3 Apr 2020
CFTC Staff Issues Additional Temporary Relief to Market Participants in Response to COVID-19
On March 31, 2020, the staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (the "CFTC" or the "Commission") Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary…
Hogan Lovells | USA | 31 Mar 2020
CFTC defines "actual delivery" for digital assets
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has approved final interpretative guidance on retail commodity transactions involving certain digital…
