Commodity Futures Trading Commission

123 results about this entity

Period: 02 Oct 2008 - 29 Aug 2024

CFTC chair Giancarlo speaks out on cryptocurrencies

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo issued the following statement on virtual currencies today. Additionally the CFTC has released a backgrounder on its oversight of and approach to virtual currency futures markets.

CFTC commissioner: plans to seize algo trading source code are 'D-E-A-D'

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is killing off controversial plans to seize algorithmic traders' source code.

CFTC fines Citi $550,000 for LEI failings

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Citibank, N.A. (CBNA) and Citigroup Global Markets Limited (CGML) (collectively, Citi), for failing to report Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) information for swap transactions properly to a Swap Data Repository (SDR), failing to establish the electronic systems and procedures necessary to do so, failing to correct errors in LEI data previously reported to an SDR, and failing to perform supervisory duties diligently with respect to LEI swap data reporting, all in violation of CFTC Regulations.

CFTC revamps online filing portal

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Office of Data and Technology (ODT) announced today that it has launched an improved online filing portal for submitting CFTC Form 40 that addresses some industry concerns.

Commissioner Quintenz to sponsor CFTC tech advisory committee

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that Commissioner Brian Quintenz will sponsor the CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee (TAC).

LedgerX is first US federally regulated exchange and clearing house for digital currency derivatives

LedgerX, the New York-based institutional trading and clearing platform for digital currencies, receives approval to operate the first U.S. federally-regulated exchange and clearing house for derivatives contracts settling in digital currencies.

CFTC sets up fintech office

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is setting up a fintech Lab that will work with startups to drag the agency into the digital age.

NEX Group gets CFTC approval for swap execution facility

NEX Group plc (“NEX”) (NXG.L), a financial technology company at the centre of global markets, announces today that it has received approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for NEX SEF Limited (“NEX SEF”), a new Swap Execution Facility (“SEF”).

CFTC fines Citigroup $25 million for spoofing in treasury futures markets

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an Order today filing and settling charges against Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (Citigroup) for spoofing — bidding or offering with the intent to cancel the bid or offer before execution — in U.S. Treasury futures markets and for failing to diligently supervise the activities of its employees and agents in conjunction with the spoofing orders.

Clearing houses pass CFTC stress tests

The Staff of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued a report detailing the results of a supervisory stress test of major clearinghouses.

CFTC stirs outrage over algo trading source code proposals

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has approved proposals that would give it easier access to algorithmic traders' source code.

CME Europe approved as a Foreign Board of Trade by CFTC

CME Europe, CME Group's European multi-asset class exchange, today announced that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has registered it as a Foreign Board of Trade (FBOT).