CFTC Press Releases
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- 2d agoCFTC Sanctions Eight Individuals for Acting as Unregistered Associated Persons of Foreign Introducing BrokersCFTC Press ReleasesThe CFTC today announced eight orders filing and settling charges against Michael Talento, Anthony Tyler Williams, Quillan Roberto Black, Christopher Williams, Michael Levi Peters, Jordan Taylor Morgan, Lewis Matthew Neal, and Tyler Evan MacKechnie for acting as unregistered associated persons of unregistered foreign introducing brokers.
- 6d agoCFTC Issues Impartial Access Requirements InterpretationCFTC Press ReleasesThe CFTC today issued an interpretation (“Interpretation”) of the requirement that designated contract markets (“DCMs”) provide competitive, open, fair, and impartial access to their members and persons with trading privileges under Commission Regulation 38.151(b) (“Impartial Access Requirements”).
- 6d agoCFTC Staff Addresses Use of Trust Companies for Daily SettlementsCFTC Press ReleasesThe Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Clearing and Risk today issued a no-action letter addressing whether derivatives clearing organizations may use trust companies to conduct daily settlements with clearing members.
- 1w agoCFTC and USDA Sign MOU to Protect Integrity of American Agricultural MarketsCFTC Press ReleasesThe CFTC and the U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced their signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) intended to safeguard the integrity of U.S. agricultural markets.
- 1w agoCFTC Secures Court Order Directing Texas Man and His Company to Pay Over $13 Million in Commodities FraudCFTC Press ReleasesThe Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas entered a default judgment against defendants Walter Dunning Larrick III and Cambridge Financial Advisors LLC for their participation in a commodities fraud scheme.
- 1w agoCFTC Chairman Selig Releases Statement on Equity Perpetual FuturesCFTC Press ReleasesCFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig today released a statement announcing that perpetual futures contracts on individual equity securities can begin trading for the first time on designated contract markets that are dually registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as notice-registered national securities exchanges to trade security futures products.
- 2w agoCFTC to Host Roundtable on 24/7 TradingCFTC Press ReleasesThe CFTC today announced it will host an industry roundtable Dec. 15 to discuss issues related to the viability of derivatives markets moving to 24/7 trading.
- 2w agoICYMI: Agricultural Leaders and Market Participants Join CFTC Chairman Selig in Overland Park, Kansas for AgCon 2026CFTC Press ReleasesLast week, the CFTC and the Risk Management Center at Kansas State University co-hosted the 2026 Agricultural Commodity Futures Conference in Overland Park, Kansas
- 2w agoCFTC Announces Semiweekly Publication of the COT ReportCFTC Press ReleasesCFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig announced the CFTC’s plan to increase the publication frequency of the Commitments of Traders Report (COT Report) from once to twice a week by the end of 2026.
- 2w agoCFTC Sues to Block State Enforcement in Utah Amid Ongoing Efforts to Preserve JurisdictionCFTC Press ReleasesThe CFTC announced today it has filed a lawsuit against Utah to block the state’s efforts to shut down CFTC-registered contract markets using state laws.
- 2w agoCFTC and National Basketball Association Sign MOU to Protect Integrity in Professional BasketballCFTC Press ReleasesThe Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the National Basketball Association today announced their signing of a Memorandum of Understanding intended to protect the integrity of professional basketball in prediction markets.
- 3w agoCFTC Secures Court Order Directing Louisiana Man and His Companies to Pay Over $9 Million in Forex FraudCFTC Press ReleasesThe Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana entered a default judgment against defendants Michael B. DePetrillo, Meteor LLC, and NOLA FX Capital Management LLC for their participation in a fraudulent retail forex scheme.
- 3w agoCFTC’s Innovation Task Force Announces Agenda & Panelists for Inaugural Frontier Forum on Super IntelligenceCFTC Press ReleasesThe CFTC’s Innovation Task Force today released the agenda for the inaugural Frontier Forum on Super Intelligence.
- 3w agoCFTC Secures Federal Court Orders Requiring Former Long Island Resident and His Firm to Pay Over $288 Million for Operating a Commodity Pool Ponzi SchemeCFTC Press ReleasesThe CFTC today announced the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered orders granting the CFTC’s motions for summary judgment, injunctive relief, and a civil monetary penalty against Eddy Alexandre of Valley Stream, New York, and his company, EminiFX Inc., which operated in Valley Stream and Manhattan, New York.
- 1mo agoCFTC Seeks Public Comment on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Concerning the Inclusion of Certain Event Contracts in the Definition of SwapCFTC Press ReleasesThe CFTC today published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that proposes providing additional market clarity by expressly further defining the term “swap” to include event contracts,
- 1mo agoCFTC Issues Interim Final Rule Excluding Certain Activity from the Definition of SwapCFTC Press ReleasesThe CFTC today published an Interim Final Rule that codifies the CFTC’s longstanding position that casino-style gambling products, including wagers placed on sportsbooks and casino games, are excluded from the “swap” definition.
- 1mo agoCFTC Issues No-Action Letter for DCMs Regarding Converting Existing Perpetual-Style Broad-Based Security Index Futures into True Perpetual FuturesCFTC Press ReleasesThe CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight today announced it has issued no-action relief to designated contract markets seeking to convert their existing perpetual style broad-based security index futures contracts into true broad-based security index perpetual futures.
- 1mo agoCFTC Seeks Public Comment on Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Relating to Regulation Crypto Asset Transactions and Regulation Crypto Asset MarketsCFTC Press ReleasesThe Commodity Futures Trading Commission today published an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to provide notice of, and seek public comment regarding, its intent to establish a comprehensive regulatory framework comprised of fit-for-purpose rules concerning section 2(c)(2)(D) of the Commodity Exchange Act and retail commodity transactions described thereunder involving crypto assets (such tra ...
- 1mo agoCFTC Staff Extends Brexit-Related No-Action PositionsCFTC Press ReleasesThe CFTC’s Market Participants Division and Division of Market Oversight announced today they are extending temporary no-action positions in connection with the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, known as Brexit.
- 1mo agoCFTC Secures Court Order Directing Louisiana Man and Arkansas Woman to Pay Over $31 Million for Digital Assets, Precious Metals FraudCFTC Press ReleasesThe Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida entered a default judgment against defendants Brian Early and Alisha Ann Kingrey for their participation in a digital assets and precious metals fraud involving the unincorporated Fundsz entity and its website.
- 1mo agoCFTC Charges Cash FX Group S.A., and CEO; Three Others With $950 Million Fraud SchemeCFTC Press ReleasesThe CFTC today announced it filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida against Cash FX Group S.A. and its CEO, Huascar Jose Lopez Castillo, of Brazil; The Conversion Pros, Inc. and its CEO, Ronald Pope, of Oregon; and Justin Halladay, of Florida.
- 1mo agoCFTC Staff Releases Updates to FAQs Concerning Registrants and Registered Entity Activities Relating to Crypto Assets and Blockchain TechnologiesCFTC Press ReleasesThe CFTC's Market Participants Division, Division of Market Oversight, and Division of Clearing and Risk today released updates to the FAQs Concerning Registrant and Registered Entity Activities Relating to Crypto Assets and Blockchain Technologies
- 1mo agoCFTC Releases Staff Advisory on Mention MarketsCFTC Press ReleasesThe CFTC's Division of Market Oversight today issued an advisory that addresses the listing and trading of event contracts that are based on whether an individual will say certain words, attend or appear at an event or otherwise interact with another person, which are commonly referred to as “mention market” contracts.
- 1mo agoCFTC Innovation Task Force to Host Frontier Forum Series on Innovative Financial TechnologiesCFTC Press Releaseshe Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Innovation Task Force today announced it will host the Frontier Forum Series, a series of public roundtables on the technologies that are transforming American financial markets.
- 1mo agoCFTC Staff Issues No-Action Position to Providers of Passive SoftwareCFTC Press ReleasesThe Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Market Participants Division today announced it has issued a no-action position for the benefit of providers of passive software.
- 1mo agoCFTC Secures Court Order Directing Florida Man to Pay Over $6 Million for Options Fraud and Imposing Trading BansCFTC Press ReleasesThe CFTC announced today the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut entered a default judgment against defendant Michael Frederick Staryk,
- 1mo agoCFTC Grants Multiple Whistleblower Awards Totaling Over $150 MillionCFTC Press ReleasesThe CFTC today announced it has granted 10 whistleblower awards totaling more than $150 million in final award determinations issued between July and September 2026.
- 2mo agoCFTC Approves Final Rule Concerning Whistleblower AwardsCFTC Press ReleasesThe CFTC today approved a final rule that incorporates a 30 percent presumption for whistleblower awards of $5 million or less, subject to Commission discretion and its analysis of relevant regulatory factors.
- 2mo agoJoint Readout of Principals’ Meeting of UK and U.S. Authorities Regarding Central Counterparty ResolutionCFTC Press ReleasesSenior officials from the CFTC, SEC, FDIC, Federal Reserve Board, and Bank of England convened for a tabletop exercise on September 3, 2026
- 2mo agoCFTC Chairman Selig and Kansas State University Announce Agenda for October 22-23 AgCon Conference in Overland ParkCFTC Press ReleasesChairman Michael S. Selig and the Risk Management Center at Kansas State University today released the agenda for the Agricultural Commodity Futures Conference (AgCon) on October 22-23, 2026, in Overland Park, Kansas.
- 2mo agoCFTC Secures Court Orders Directing Texas and Florida Residents to Pay Over $500,000 in Disgorgement and Civil Monetary Penalties and Imposing Trading Bans for Commodity Pool FraudCFTC Press ReleasesThe CFTC announced today the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida entered consent orders against defendants Steven Likos and Archie Rice for committing retail fraud, fraud as an associated person of a commodity pool operator, and related regulatory violations.
- 2mo agoCFTC Staff Issues No-Action Position on Large Trader Reporting for Direct ParticipantsCFTC Press ReleasesThe CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight today announced it has issued a no-action letter to Electron Exchange DCM LLC, a designated contract market, which would allow Electron Exchange to submit large trader reporting on behalf of direct participants as if Electron Exchange’s contracts were exclusively self-cleared contracts.
- 2mo agoCFTC Issues Final Rule to Modify Clearing Requirement for Canadian Dollar- and Mexican Peso-Denominated Interest Rate SwapsCFTC Press ReleasesThe Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued a final rule to modify its interest rate swap clearing requirement.
- 2mo agoCFTC Resolves Action Against Swaps Trader for Making False StatementsCFTC Press ReleasesThe CFTC announced the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a consent order against John Patrick Gorman III, a U.S. dollar swaps trader and managing director of a global investment bank.
- 2mo agoCFTC Further Extends Compliance Date for Amendments to Form PFCFTC Press ReleasesThe CFTC published a Joint Final Rule with the SEC further extending the compliance date for the amendments to Form PF that were adopted on February 8, 2024 (“Form PF Amendments”), from October 1, 2026, to July 1, 2027.
- 2mo agoCFTC Orders Gabriel Perez to Pay $172,000 for Insider Trading of Mention Market Event ContractsCFTC Press ReleasesThe CFTC announced an order filing and settling charges against Gabriel Perez for misappropriating material, nonpublic information obtained through his federal government employment in order to trade event contracts (i.e., swaps) on a prediction market platform for his personal benefit.
- 2mo agoICYMI: Members of the CFTC’s Innovation Advisory Committee Join Chairman Selig in Washington at Inaugural MeetingCFTC Press ReleasesThe CFTC held the inaugural meeting of its Innovation Advisory Committee in Washington, D.C. The Innovation Advisory Committee
- 2mo agoCFTC Seeks Public Comments on Proposed Elimination of SEF Order Book Requirement for Permitted TransactionsCFTC Press ReleasesThe CFTC published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking public comments on proposed amendments to Commission regulation § 37.3(a)(2) to remove the order book requirement allowing swap execution facilities not to offer an order book for permitted transactions.
- 2mo agoCFTC Requests Comment on the Listing of Compute Derivatives ContractsCFTC Press Releases
- 2mo agoCFTC Resolves Actions Against Former Alameda CEO, and Alameda and FTX Co-FounderCFTC Press Releases
- 2mo agoCFTC Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Rule Changes for Commodity Pool Operator and Commodity Trading Advisor RegistrationCFTC Press Releases
- 3mo agoChairman Selig Announces Agenda for August 20 Innovation Advisory Committee Meeting in WashingtonCFTC Press Releases
- 3mo agoCFTC Releases Advisory on Self-Certification of Incentive Programs for Prediction MarketsCFTC Press Releases
- 3mo agoCFTC Exercises Emergency Authority to Ensure Market StabilityCFTC Press Releases
- 3mo agoCFTC Charges Goliath Ventures Inc. and CEO with $400 Million Fraud SchemeCFTC Press Releases
- 3mo agoChairman Selig Announces Inaugural CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee Meeting on August 20 in WashingtonCFTC Press Releases
- 3mo agoCFTC Reminds Markets to Display Clear Pricing InformationCFTC Press Releases
- 3mo agoCFTC Orders UBS Financial Services Inc. to Pay $8 Million for Supervision Failures Impacting Its AML Transaction Monitoring SystemsCFTC Press Releases
- 3mo agoCFTC Orders George Santos to Pay $35,000 for Manipulative Trading of State-of-the-Union Event ContractCFTC Press Releases
- 3mo agoICYMI: Members of the CFTC’s Agricultural Advisory Committee Join Chairman Selig in Washington at First Meeting of 2026CFTC Press Releases