Jonathan Ammons

Asheville, North Carolina, United States

Freelance Multimedia Journalist at Freelance

Musician and journalist. Co-host of the Dirty Spoon Radio Hour. Stories and recipes at Mashed, Salon, WNC Magazine, At Home, Bold Life, Ingles Table, Mountain X

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U.S. digital asset update: Trump administration developments and re-emergence of FIT21

Feb 21, 2025 | lexology.com | Jonathan Ammons |Mckay Mitchell |Mark Bini

Key takeaways White House and administrative agencies can implement helpful legal and regulatory changes for digital asset industry, but lasting reform to market structure will likely require legislative changes Congress could propose new bill based on 2024 Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act, creating monumental shift in U.S. market structure for digital assets Bill would create clear delineations of digital asset regulatory oversight between Securities and Exchange...
New executive order limits independence of CFTC and other independent agencies

Feb 19, 2025 | lexology.com | Jonathan Ammons

On February 18, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order intended to largely restrict the autonomy of independent federal agencies. Independent agencies are a part of the executive branch, but are structured and function differently than traditional executive branch agencies.
Make a bountiful, affordable post-Helene Thanksgiving dinner

Nov 23, 2024 | mountainx.com | Jonathan Ammons

For a few years, local food writer Jonathan Ammons has produced an ongoing series of social media posts titled “Struggle Meals,” offering advice for home cooks on preparing high-quality dishes on a tight budget and with minimal waste.
Restaurant workers face hard decisions after Hurricane Helene: stay or leave?

Nov 12, 2024 | msn.com | Jonathan Ammons

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Restaurant workers face hard decisions after Hurricane Helene: stay or leave?

Nov 12, 2024 | theguardian.com | Jonathan Ammons

Josiah McGaughey’s fine dining restaurant, Vivian, is still standing. Many of its neighbors in the River Arts district in Asheville, North Carolina, were leveled by Hurricane Helene’s flooding in late September. “We were graciously spared the worst of the damage,” said McGaughey, who opened the business with his wife, Shannon, in 2017. Then, it was a pop-up serving elevated cuisine on paper plates at a local brewery. During the recent storm, Vivian’s building sustained some roof damage.
Disaster dining: cookouts became a lifeline in a hurricane-ravaged North Carolina city

Oct 23, 2024 | theguardian.com | Jonathan Ammons

Erin Kellem’s Asheville, North Carolina neighborhood is a short drive from the city center, but feels remote. The Haw Creek area’s culs-de-sac are fronted by spacious yards and surrounded by thick woods that might give the illusion of isolation. Hurricane Helene changed that, dropping an ocean of rain on the southern Appalachian mountains. Floods of biblical proportions killed dozens. Power outages left thousands without electricity for at least two weeks in most places.
Carbon Conscious - CFTC Announces New Listing Standards For VCC Derivatives

Oct 10, 2024 | mondaq.com | Jonathan Ammons |Nicholas Castriz

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) recently finalized guidance aimed at promoting integrity and transparency in the trading of voluntary carbon credit (VCC) derivatives. This move is intended to set clearer expectations for U.S. futures exchanges and swap execution facilities, ensuring that such platforms maintain robust standards when listing VCC derivative contracts.
CFTC Seeks To Improve Integrity And Confidence In Voluntary Carbon Markets Through Final Listing Standards For VCC Derivatives

Oct 7, 2024 | mondaq.com | Jonathan Ammons |Nicholas Castriz

CFTC finalized non-binding guidance applicable to futures exchanges and swap execution facilities related to due diligence and oversight of underlying carbon markets. Guidance primarily describes how trading platforms should mitigate manipulation and prevent market disruption in voluntary carbon credit (VCC) derivatives contracts and underlying markets. Guidance is intended to assist in addressing existing obligations given new and evolving nature of the VCC asset class.
CFTC seeks to improve integrity and confidence in voluntary carbon markets through final listing standards for VCC derivatives

Oct 3, 2024 | lexology.com | Jonathan Ammons |Nicholas Castriz

Key takeawaysCFTC finalized non-binding guidance applicable to futures exchanges and swap execution facilities related to due diligence and oversight of underlying carbon markets. Guidance primarily describes how trading platforms should mitigate manipulation and prevent market disruption in voluntary carbon credit (VCC) derivatives contracts and underlying markets. Guidance is intended to assist in addressing existing obligations given new and evolving nature of the VCC asset class.
Chevron Overturned: An Avalanche Of Litigation In The Energy Industry?

Sep 3, 2024 | mondaq.com | Nicholas Castriz |Jonathan Ammons

Introduction On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo,1 which overturned the Chevron deference doctrine that had previously guided judicial review of federal agency interpretations of statutes. The decision is expected to have wide-reaching impacts across various industries that are regulated by federal agencies.