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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is an independent agency of the US government created in 1974, that regulates the U.S. derivatives markets, which includes futures, swaps, and certain kinds of options. Source
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Search ArticlesCFTC Staff Extends Brexit-Related No-Action Positions
October 01, 2026 WASHINGTON — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’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.
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CFTC Charges Cash FX Group S.A., and CEO; Three Others With $950 Million Fraud Scheme
WASHINGTON — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced it filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida against Cash FX Group S.A. andits CEO, Huascar Jose Lopez Castillo, of Brazil; The Conversion Pros, Inc. and its CEO, Ronald Pope, of Oregon; and Justin Halladay, of Florida.
CFTC Staff Releases Updates to FAQs Concerning Registrants and Registered Entity Activities Relating to Crypto Assets and Blockchain Technologies
September 24, 2026 WASHINGTON — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission'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 to address investments of customer funds in tokenized forms of permitted investments and the use of blockchain technologies to satisfy a registrant’s recordkeeping requirements.
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CFTC Releases Staff Advisory on Mention Markets
WASHINGTON — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’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 or “mention” certain words, attend or appear at an event, or otherwise interact with another person, which are commonly referred to as “mention market” contracts.
Keynote Remarks at 2026 U.S. Treasury Market Conference
Good afternoon. It’s a pleasure to be here today at the U.S. Treasury Market Conference. I want to thank President John Williams and the New York Fed for inviting me to share my perspective before such a wonderful audience. It’s great to be back in New York City, the heartbeat of global financial markets. I spent over a decade in private practice here, and it’s the honor of a lifetime being able to speak today from the other side of the table as a public servant.
CFTC Innovation Task Force to Host Frontier Forum Series on Innovative Financial Technologies
WASHINGTON — The 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. Each Frontier Forum will provide a venue for public dialogue on the financial technologies and evolving market structures that are shaping the new frontier of finance.
CFTC Staff Issues No-Action Position to Providers of Passive Software
September 17, 2026 WASHINGTON — The 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. The position is similar to that provided in Staff Letter 26-09 and now is broadly available to such providers.
CFTC Secures Court Order Directing Florida Man to Pay Over $6 Million for Options Fraud and Imposing Trading Bans
September 15, 2026 WASHINGTON — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced today the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut entered a default judgment against defendant Michael Frederick Staryk, individually and doing business as Magestic World Wide Finance (a/k/a Magestic WW Solutions, a/k/a Magestic World Wide Solutions). Per the default judgment, the court ordered Staryk to pay $547,616 in restitution to defrauded clients and a $5,907,720 civil monetary penalty.