OANDA, New York based forex trading serving provider recently revealed in an announcement that it has made a new addition to its APAC region senior level leadership team. As per statement released by the firm…
Marex clears first USDC-margined US derivatives trade
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) no-action letter that made this week's first USDC-margined clearing trade possible also covers Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH). The first live transaction used none of them — it used…
CFTC’s twin event-contract rules end the no-action era
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's two June 2026 proposed rules — the Prediction Markets public-interest framework (RIN 3038-AF65) and the event-contract data-reporting amendments to Parts 15, 16 and 17 — replace nine years of no-action-letter…
Why the CLARITY Act’s SEC-CFTC split reshapes US…
The Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARITY) Act would split US oversight of digital assets between the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and a House Financial Services Committee hearing…
CFTC’s no-deny reversal resets US enforcement settlements
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) rescinded its 28-year-old "no-deny" settlement policy on June 3, 2026, three weeks after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) scrapped its equivalent rule — meaning US-regulated FX, derivatives and…
Prop trading regulation diverges as CFTC acts, ESMA…
Retail proprietary-trading firms — the "funded trader" challenge industry — now face opposite regulatory trajectories on either side of the Atlantic: US firms are voluntarily registering with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and National…
Event contracts split the CFTC from state gaming…
Sports event contracts have produced the sharpest federal-state jurisdictional split in US derivatives law in a generation: the Third Circuit's April 6, 2026 ruling that the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) gives the Commodity Futures Trading…
US crypto perp futures split from UK and…
The United States moved crypto perpetual futures onshore in mid-2026, letting Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)-registered venues list retail-accessible "perps" for the first time — while the United Kingdom keeps its outright retail ban and…
CLARITY Act would split US crypto between the…
The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (H.R.3633) would replace a decade of US regulation-by-enforcement with a statutory split that hands most spot crypto trading to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and leaves investment-contract tokens…