CFTC Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson addressed credibility concerns in the growing market for environmental derivatives and carbon offsets.
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CFTC Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson highlighted concerns over the increasing influence of social media and artificial intelligence on individual investor decisions.
CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam described the agency's ongoing regulatory and enforcement efforts "to address the expanding dislocation between regulation and innovation."
House Financial Services Committee members Mike Flood (R-NE), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), French Hill (R-AR) and Wiley Nickel (D-NC) introduced the Uniform Treatment of Custodial Assets Act. The proposed legislation would prohibit financial institutions from including crypto assets held in their custody as a liability on their balance sheet.
House Financial Services Subcommittee Chair Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO) requested information from the SEC and FINRA on their efforts to address "serious" national security issues raised by broker-dealers that have ownership connections to the Chinese Communist Party.