CFTC Chair J. Christopher Giancarlo defended the CFTC's "bare-bones" budget request for FY 2019.

By a vote of 3-2 along party lines, the SEC advanced a proposal to revamp Volcker Rule regulations.

A federal judge denied a motion to dismiss fraud charges brought by the SEC against a former trader. The SEC alleged that the trader misled customers in connection with costs of certain residential mortgage-backed securities.

At a global conference, CFTC Commissioner Rostin Behnam encouraged a multi-stakeholder approach to blockchain technology to prevent it from becoming a tool of "repression and totalitarianism."