The DOJ, OFAC, FinCEN and the CFTC settled enforcement actions against Binance, its CEO and former CCO. The coordinated settlements addressed charges against the digital asset exchange for CFTC registration failures and for violations of the Bank Secrecy Act and International Emergency Economic Powers Act sanctions programs.
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The Inter-Agency Working Group for Treasury Market Surveillance reported progress on efforts to ensure that the Treasury market "remains the deepest and most liquid market in the world and a central component of the financial system."
Participants in the EU-U.S. Joint Financial Regulatory Forum highlighted cross-border interagency coordination on (i) financial stability, (ii) climate-related financial risks, (iii) banking and insurance regulation and supervision, (iv) capital markets, (v) operational resilience, (vi) digital finance and (vii) AML/CFT compliance.
The founders of a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange settled CFTC charges related to owning and operating an unregistered platform.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a preliminary injunction sought by the CFTC in a case involving fraud-related charges against a precious metals credit company.