The CFTC will keep the de minimis threshold at $8 billion until December 31, 2019.

The SEC adopted an amendment to exempt securities listed on the Investors Exchange LLC from state registration requirements.

The SEC granted exemptive relief to an exchange-traded fund from certain Exchange Act notice requirements, from secondary market transactions of shares in the fund, and from the creation or redemption of aggregations of shares in the fund.

The Senate Banking Committee met to consider the nominations of Republican Hester Peirce and Democrat Robert Jackson Jr. to serve as Commissioners of the SEC.