FIA responds to CFTC spot crypto listing initiative
FIA has responded to the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s spot crypto listing initiative, which invites stakeholders to work with the Commission “on providing regulatory clarity on how to list spot crypto asset contracts on CFTC-regulated designated contract markets” using the Commission’s “existing authority” under the Commodity Exchange Act.
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Adoption of tokenisation beneficial for cleared derivatives industry
A new white paper from FIA discusses how the cleared derivatives industry is at an "inflection point" in the adoption of tokenisation and notes that several clearinghouses are exploring use cases for this technology.
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Viewpoint – The importance of showing up
FIA and board members met with members of the Trump Administration this month to share views on capital – both the Basel End Game and the ongoing need for cross-product netting – as well as US Treasury clearing, among other issues. In his latest Viewpoint column, Walt Lukken, FIA’s President and CEO, highlights the incredible value in meeting with policymakers in person to advocate the industry’s priorities.
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Joint trades call for recalibration of cryptoasset prudential standards and highlight DLT’s transformative role in capital markets
The Joint Trades recommend essential revisions of the Basel banking prudential treatment of cryptoassets and pausing implementation of SCO60 ahead of its January 2026 effective date to allow for a targeted consultation and redesign. The letter highlights the excessively conservative and overly punitive capital treatment of cryptoassets that is misaligned with actual risks, in addition to various inconsistencies with current market risk management practices.
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The CCP Tracker is designed to provide greater transparency into the amount of risk in the global clearing system and the financial resources available to protect the system from losses. Using the public quantitative disclosures published by derivatives clearinghouses on a quarterly basis, the CCP Tracker contains a set of charts and tables that allow users to compare several key metrics for each quarter going back to the second half of 2015.
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