An investment adviser settled SEC charges for using misleading "hedge clauses" in client agreements and for Custody Rule violations.

Chair Gary Gensler warned SEC registrants about the dangers of "AI washing"—the practice of overstating or misrepresenting the use of AI in their businesses.

A crypto company settled CFTC charges for facilitating the trading of leveraged tokens linked to Bitcoin and Ether without registering the transactions on a designated contract market.

The CFTC Division of Market Oversight and Division of Clearing and Risk issued a no-action letter granting a DCM/DCO relief from specific swap data reporting and recordkeeping requirements regarding trading "binary options on the outcomes of various economic or commercial events."

A broker-dealer and two of its affiliated investment advisers settled SEC charges for requiring clients to sign confidentiality agreements that impeded the clients from reporting potential securities law violations.