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1 month ago | 
jdsupra.com | Matthew Beville |Matthew Kulkin |Elizabeth Mitchell
Coming off a busy 2024, we expect that 2025 will be a landmark year for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission). Rostin Behnam’s resignation as Chairman on January 20 marked the end of the Biden administration’s leadership. The designation of Caroline Pham as Acting Chairman and President Donald Trump’s nomination of former Commissioner Brian Quintenz to serve as the Commission’s 16th Chairman were major steps toward a new chapter for the CFTC.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Matthew Beville |Matthew Kulkin |Joshua Nathanson
October 28, 2024
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Until recently, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has limited the ability of US persons to participate in election markets.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
wilmerhale.com | Matthew Kulkin |Gretchen Passe Roin |Matthew Beville |Joshua Nathanson
With just one week until election day, there has been increasing focus on and activity in election prediction markets. Recent trading activity and price action have raised concerns regarding election integrity and market manipulation.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
wilmerhale.com | Matthew Kulkin
On September 19, 2024, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) approved final guidance regarding the listing of voluntary carbon credit (VCC) derivative contracts (the Final Guidance).
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May 16, 2024 | 
wilmerhale.com | Matthew Kulkin |Ayana Dow
Client Alert
On May 10, 2024, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) proposed amendments to CFTC Regulation 40.11 (the Proposed Rule) that further define “gaming” contracts considered “contrary to the public interest” under section 5c(c)(5)(C) of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA). READ THE FULL ALERT.
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Feb 28, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Matthew Beville |Ayana Dow |Matthew Kulkin
At an industry event in early 2023, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or the Commission) Chairman Rostin Behnam set out a comprehensive agenda to include nearly three dozen rulemaking proposals as well as “business as usual requests” such as the issuance of orders, exemptive relief or interpretive relief.
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Feb 27, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Matthew Kulkin |Elizabeth Mitchell |Gretchen Passe Roin |Timothy Silva |Tiffany Smith |Dino Wu | +7 more
At an industry event in early 2023, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or the Commission) Chairman Rostin Behnam set out a comprehensive agenda to include nearly three dozen rulemaking proposals as well as “business as usual requests” such as the issuance of orders, exemptive relief or interpretive relief.2 When Chairman Behnam detailed the CFTC’s 2023 work plan, the CFTC was building on its first year with a full slate of Commissioners, new Division Directors and senior leadership.
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Feb 24, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Matthew Kulkin |Zachary K. Goldman |Tiffany Smith |Ayana Dow
On January 8, 2024, the Digital Assets and Blockchain Technology
Subcommittee (the Subcommittee) of the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission's (CFTC) Technology Advisory Committee presented a
79-page report titled "Decentralized Finance" (DeFi) to
the CFTC. The Subcommittee's work, which is sponsored by
Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero, does not represent the views
of the CFTC.
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Feb 19, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Ayana Dow |Zachary K. Goldman |Matthew Kulkin
February 19, 2024 Ayana Dow, Zachary Goldman, Matthew Kulkin, Joshua Nathanson, Tiffany Smith WilmerHale + Follow x Following x Following - Unfollow Contact To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On January 8, 2024, the Digital Assets and Blockchain Technology Subcommittee (the Subcommittee) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC or the Commission) Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) presented a 79-page report titled “Decentralized Finance” (DeFi) to the...
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Feb 16, 2024 | 
wilmerhale.com | Matthew Kulkin |Zachary K. Goldman |Tiffany Smith |Ayana Dow |Joshua Nathanson
On January 8, 2024, the Digital Assets and Blockchain Technology Subcommittee (the Subcommittee) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Technology Advisory Committee presented a 79-page report titled “Decentralized Finance” (DeFi) to the CFTC. The Subcommittee’s work, which is sponsored by Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero, does not represent the views of the CFTC.
