The CFTC sued a centralized digital asset exchange for dealing in off-exchange commodity derivatives without proper registration or compliance with U.S. regulations.
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In a no-action letter, the CFTC’s Market Participants Division said it will not recommend an enforcement action against a swap entity for its failure to disclose to certain counterparties the Pre-Trade Mid-Market Mark of certain swaps on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate under certain conditions.
The CFTC issued Orders permitting the clearing activities of the Taiwan Futures Exchange and ICE NGX Canada.
The CFTC proposed amendments to allow foreign trade boards ("FBOTs") to offer direct trading access to U.S.-based introducing broker participants and to establish a process for FBOTs to request revocation of their registration.
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.