The US House Agriculture Committee held a hearing on 31 March featuring Rostin Behnam, chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to discuss the agency's current priorities and upcoming work areas. The hearing, titled "The State of the CFTC," was dominated by questions related to the regulation of futures based on bitcoin and other digital assets.
CONTINUE READINGPanelists from US and EU regulators discuss who should be the crypto sheriff in their jurisdictions
CONTINUE READINGOpening remarks of Walt Lukken, President and CEO of FIA, at the FIA Boca conference. In his speech, Lukken discussed innovation, crypto derivatives and the importance of well-regulated markets.
CONTINUE READINGBig capital raises from up-and-coming firms alongside some high-profile mergers tell the story of an evolving industry, with trends in trading technology and digital assets at the forefront.
CONTINUE READINGThe US Senate Agriculture Committee held a hearing titled "Examining Digital Assets: Risks, Regulation, and Innovation" on 9 February, where discussion centered in large part on the best way to provide regulatory certainty for emerging digital asset markets.
CONTINUE READINGTimothy Massad, former chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and former assistant secretary of the Treasury for financial stability, delivered the following speech at the FIA/SIFMA Asset Management Derivatives Forum on 7 February in Dana Point, Calif.
CONTINUE READINGCash-settled futures on bitcoin have been a smash success for CME, but they sometimes diverge from prices in the spot market. That has spurred interest in physically delivered contracts. Much like in the classic agricultural futures markets, the buyers and sellers of these contracts are obligated to exchange the underlying cryptocurrency when the contract expires. This mechanism effectively forces the spot and futures prices to converge at settlement.
CONTINUE READINGSince 2018, CME Group has been the leader in offering a fully regulated marketplace for bitcoin futures. Its dominant position is now being challenged, however, with two large market operators stepping into the space through acquisitions.
CONTINUE READINGThe Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Market Participants Division (MPD) (formerly the Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight) published guidance regarding the deposit of virtual (crypto) currencies by customers and holding of these currencies by futures commission merchants (FCMs) to margin customer transactions in crypto currency futures.
CONTINUE READINGInstitutional investors are increasingly showing an appetite for crypto markets, said experts at FIA International Derivatives Expo conference in London on Tuesday. However, they noted a key barrier to full-scale adoption is a lack of clear regulation.
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