Regulatory Updates
Rahul Varma Appointed Acting Director of US CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight
On 02 April 2025, the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (US CFTC) announced the appointment of Rahul Varma as the Acting Director...
US SEC Publishes Texas Stock Exchange Application for National Securities Exchange Status
On 4 April 2025, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (US SEC) published a notice notifying the receipt and commencing the review of...
US SEC notifies the Agenda for Roundtable on Tailoring Crypto Trading Regulation on 11 April 2025
On 7 April 2025, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (US SEC) announced the agenda and confirmed panelists for the upcoming...
US CFTC DMO & DCO Withdraws its 2018 Advisory with Respect to Virtual Currency Derivative Product Listings
On 28 March 2025, the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (US CFTC) announced that US CFTC Division of Market Oversight (DMO) and US...
US CFTC Secures Federal Court Order for $2.3 Million Recovery in Online Romance Scam Involving Debiex
On 21 March 2025, the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (US CFTC) announced that the United States District Court for the District...
SEC Commissioner Crenshaw Critiques Flawed Crypto Mining Guidance in ‘The Flame in Plato’s Cave’ Statement
On 20 March 2025, United States Securities and Exchange Commission (US SEC) Commissioner Caroline A. Crenshaw issued a dissenting statement...
US SEC Division of Corporation Finance Issues Statement Clarifying Securities Law Status of Proof-of-Work Mining
On 20 March 2025, the Division of Corporation Finance of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (US SEC) released a detailed statement...
US SEC Crypto Task Force Announces Four Additional Public Roundtables on Digital Asset Regulation
On 25 March 2025, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (US SEC) announced in Release No. 2025-57 that its Crypto Task Force will...
US SEC Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw Statement at US Crypto Roundtable: Urges Caution and Investor Protection in Crypto Regulatory Debate
On 21 March 2025, at the opening session of the United States Crypto Task Force’s inaugural roundtable in Washington D.C., United States Securities...
US SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Calls for Regulatory Reboot at Inaugural Crypto Roundtable
On 21 March 2025, at the inaugural Crypto Task force roundtable of the Spring Sprint Toward Crypto Clarity series, Commissioner Hester M. Peirce of...
US SEC Opens Dialogue on Crypto Asset Classification at Inaugural Crypto Task Force Roundtable
On 21 March 2025, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (US SEC) convened the inaugural roundtable of its newly formed Crypto Task...
US SEC Extends Review Period for NYSE Arca’s Proposal to List and Trade Shares of Grayscale XRP Trust
On 11 March 2025, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (US SEC) published a notice designating a longer period for US SEC action on...