The National Futures Association (NFA) has proposed repealing Interpretive Notice 9073 and amending Compliance Rule 2-51 in a submission to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Our ...

On October 17, 2025, the National Futures Association (“NFA”) announced a proposal to repeal requirements that firms that are registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) must ...

The NFA adopted Interpretive Notice 9073 in 2018 when the virtual currency market was far smaller and outside of the mainstream markets. By requiring NFA members to inform their customers that the NFA ...

UPDATE: On 1 May 2025, NFA withdrew Interpretive Notice 9083. The guidance remains available on NFA’s website for industry participants’ review. In this client alert, we describe the Notice and also ...

CTA registration enables Two Prime to provide additional asset management services, including bitcoin futures, options, and swaps traded on regulated venues. Registration further strengthens Two Prime ...

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Fantasy sports app Sleeper is suing the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in federal court, alleging that the regulator that oversees prediction markets took “arbitrary and capricious” ...

Considerations on the proposed expansion of CFTC commodity pool regulation. On July 17, 2025, the House of Representatives passed the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 (the CLARITY Act). This ...

Retail participation in futures, forex and swaps has accelerated markedly in recent years, propelled by low-cost access, mobile platforms and growing interest in crypto-referenced instruments, event ...

On December 27, National Futures Association issued guidance for NFA members carrying accounts, accepting orders or handling transactions from an introducing broker (IB) whose NFA membership is ...

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Two Prime Inc. (“Two Prime” or “the firm”), a provider of bitcoin financial services to institutional investors, today announced that it has registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ...