A while back, I wrote about Timothy G. Massad, a former CFTC chairman, who asked via an op-ed piece for the Brookings Institution if it was time to merge the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). It looks as if the two regulators have answered that question by promising… Read More >>
tZERO Petitions CFTC for DCO & DCM Status
Blockchain fintech provider tZERO Group is petitioning the U.S. derivatives regulator, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), to become both a Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO) and a Designated Contract Market (DCM). The move aims to position tZERO as a one-stop shop for compliant issuance, regulatory oversight, trading, and clearing within the digital asset ecosystem. A… Read More >>
Clearstream Banking Launches Service to Ease E.U.’s T+1
Clearstream Banking AG, the Central Securities Depository (CSD), which provides post-trade services for securities in Germany, is launching a new, automated Smart Realignment Service to manage settlement fails. The service, available in December 2025, aims to help firms manage compressed T+1 settlement timelines. Europe and the U.K. are both moving to shorter settlement cycles on… Read More >>
Barclays Penalized for EFRP Records Violations
A U.S. regulator has cited Barclays Bank on charges of record-keeping violations and is imposing a $500,000 civil monetary penalty upon the bank, months after the U.K. banking giant was cited for problems with its submissions of large trader reports (LTRs) on physical commodity swap positions. The CFTC, the regulator in both cases, is now… Read More >>
