The CFTC Global Markets Advisory Committee advanced recommendations on: (i) the use of U.S. Treasuries as margin collateral, (ii) the securities market's move to T+1 securities settlement and (iii) a digital asset taxonomy.
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CFTC Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson defended the CFTC's "efforts to advance inquiries regarding the integration of AI in our markets and to explore the need to introduce guardrails to mitigate the risks that AI technologies may present."
In a new Report, a CFTC Technology Advisory Subcommittee described the "promising opportunities and complex, significant risks to the U.S. financial system, consumers, and national security" associated with decentralized finance and generative artificial intelligence.
CFTC Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson called for improved corporate governance and comprehensive regulation for the crypto markets.
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.