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CFTC Commissioner Johnson To Host Roundtable For CFTC Staff On Digital Assets And Financial Inclusion

Date 08/08/2022

SEC Proposes Rules To Improve Clearing Agency Governance And To Mitigate Conflicts Of Interest

Date 08/08/2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed new rules to help improve governance arrangements across all registered clearing agencies by reducing the likelihood that conflicts of interest may influence the board of directors or equivalent governing body of a registered clearing agency.

CFTC Financial Data For Futures Commission Merchants Update

Date 08/08/2022

The latest reports for June 2022 are now available.

Dissenting From Stakeholder Governance For Clearing Agencies, SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce, Aug. 8, 2022

Date 08/08/2022

Clearing agencies and other clearinghouses play a central role in our financial markets. That role continues to increase as market participants and regulators look to these entities to mitigate and manage risk. Accordingly, as the proposing release recognizes, how clearinghouses are governed and managed matters. The proposal takes an overly prescriptive, regulator-knows-best approach to these matters that risks diluting the duties of directors to the clearing agency and depriving clearing agencies of the flexibility and expertise needed for effective governance.

Statement On Clearing Agency Governance And Conflicts Of Interest, SEC Commissioner Mark T. Uyeda, Aug. 8, 2022

Date 08/08/2022

Clearing agencies form critical components of the U.S. financial market infrastructure by facilitating the securities transaction lifecycle. The 2017 U.S. Department of the Treasury Report on Capital Markets emphasized that clearing agencies, and financial market utilities generally, serve a core function in financial market infrastructure:

CFTC Swaps Report Update

Date 08/08/2022

CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.

Euronext Announces Volumes For July 2022

Date 08/08/2022

Euronext, the leading pan-European market infrastructure, today announced trading volumes for July 2022.

CFTC Commissioner Pham To Keynote At Korea Blockchain Week 2022

Date 08/08/2022

CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam Seeks Nominations For Agricultural Advisory Committee Membership And Public Comment On Topics For Discussion

Date 08/08/2022

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Rostin Behnam, sponsor of the CFTC’s Agricultural Advisory Committee (AAC), is seeking nominations for AAC membership and the submission of public input on the AAC’s upcoming priorities through a formal request published in today’s Federal Register. The deadline for submissions is September 7, 2022.

U.S. Treasury Sanctions Notorious Virtual Currency Mixer Tornado Cash

Date 08/08/2022

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash, which has been used to launder more than $7 billion worth of virtual currency since its creation in 2019. This includes over $455 million stolen by the Lazarus Group, a Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) state-sponsored hacking group that was sanctioned by the U.S. in 2019, in the largest known virtual currency heist to date. Tornado Cash was subsequently used to launder more than $96 million of malicious cyber actors’ funds derived from the June 24, 2022 Harmony Bridge Heist, and at least $7.8 million from the August 2, 2022 Nomad Heist. Today’s action is being taken pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13694, as amended, and follows OFAC’s May 6, 2022 designation of virtual currency mixer Blender.io (Blender).