Commentary by James Treanor
The U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control issued General License 5, allowing U.S. persons to partake in otherwise prohibited transactions with respect to a Venezuelan state-owned oil and natural gas company.
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade considered testimony on the future of cryptocurrencies, including the potential development of central bank digital currencies.
The CFTC will allow certain registered derivatives clearing organizations to invest futures and swap customer funds in French and German sovereign debt.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered two Ireland-based companies that operate an online "prediction market" trading website to pay a $3 million penalty for violating a 2005 cease and desist order and illegally trading binary options.
The SEC adopted amendments to Regulation ATS that will impose additional public disclosure requirements on alternative trading systems that trade stocks listed on national securities exchanges.