OFAC designated two South Sudanese individuals, as well as several associated entities, for their alleged involvement in a government bribery scheme.

In a joint statement, the CFTC, FinCEN and the SEC reminded those engaged in digital asset transactions to comply with anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism obligations under the Bank Secrecy Act.

In an interview at the Yahoo! Finance All Markets Summit, CFTC Chair Heath P. Tarbert declared that Ethereum is a commodity under the Commodity Exchange Act.

FTC Bureau of Competition Director D. Bruce Hoffman will leave the agency in November 2019.

FINRA filed a proposed rule change to extend until April 20, 2020 a current pilot program concerning clearly erroneous transactions in exchange-listed securities.