NFA questioned the rationale and benefits of proposed changes in a CFTC proposal to increase the disclosure requirements for commodity pools and managed account programs operated by registered commodity pool operators and commodity trading advisors.
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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.
NFA notified futures commission merchants and introducing brokers of the Financial Action Task Force's adoption of a report on crowdfunding techniques used by terrorist groups to raise money for attacks.
The SEC set a comment deadline on amendments to NFA compliance rules and interpretations related to AML suspicious activity report confidentiality.
CFTC Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero highlighted risks created through the use of digital assets.