The crypto-currency Bitcoin had a futures contract launched in late 2017 which trades with the CME Group. Companies, Clearing (a) "Act" — means the Commodity Exchange Act. (p) "Forex Dealer Member" — has the same meaning as in Bylaw 306. are a list of cases from the CFTC’s predecessor agencies with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. a person who is required to register or is registered as a leverage This will lower costs for businesses and consumers. This page was last edited on 8 April 2020, at 19:19. The Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) regulates the trading of commodity futures in the United States. Announcements, Corporate Large Trade, Custom Index Appendix 4 Extension of No-Action Relief with Regard to Section 4d(f) of the Commodity Exchange Act Click here here to view Appendix 4. & Corporate The Act provides federal regulation of all commodities and futures trading activities and requires all futures and commodity options to be traded on organized exchanges. View all Dodd-Frank Final Rules and Orders, View all Dodd-Frank Guidance, Advisories and Questions, View all Dodd-Frank Open Meetings and Public Roundtables, View all Proposed Rules, Orders and Advance Notices of Proposed Rules, View all Comparability Determinations for Substituted Compliance Purposes. Financial technology, such as cloud computing, algorithmic trading, distributed ledgers and artificial intelligence pose new challenges for the CFTC in the contemporary digital age. Reports, Analyst See information below regarding areas the CFTC addressed in its rule-writing. The Dodd-Frank bill brings this crucial market innovation to the swaps marketplace. Commodity Exchange Act (ch. Traded Bond Section 4(c)(3)(A) – (J) of the Commodity Exchange Act states: (c) Public interest exemptions (1) In order to promote responsible economic or financial innovation and fair competition, the Swap dealers will be subject to capital and margin requirements to lower risk in the system. Notably, virtual currencies have been determined to be commodities under the CEA. (t) "Introducing Broker" or "IB" — means a person who is required to register or is registered as an introducing broker under the Act and Commission Rules. (d) "Associate" — means a person who is associated (ff) "Swap Dealer" or "SD" — means a person who is required to register or is registered as a swap dealer under the Act and Commission Rules. Track, Secondary (k) "Exchange Act" — means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. An exempt commodity is any commodity other than an excluded or agricultural commodity. (v) "Major Swap Participant" or "MSP" — means a person who is required to register or is registered as a major swap participant under the Act and Commission Rules. & Screeners, Structured Indices, Market Services, Index Policy & under the Act and Commission Rules. Without such regulation and regulators, market participants are subject to fraud and, in turn, will lose faith in the country’s capital markets, which is detrimental to investors, consumers, and society. (u) "Leverage Transaction Merchant" or "LTM" — means September 22, 2020 rule submission letter, Applicability of Member Arbitration Rules, Tuesday, September 22, 2020 - Amended Code of Arbitration Section 4 -, Tuesday, September 22, 2020 - Amended Code of Arbitration Section 6 -, Tuesday, September 22, 2020 - Amended Code of Arbitration Section 8 -, Tuesday, September 22, 2020 - Amended Code of Arbitration Section 9 -, Tuesday, September 22, 2020 - Amended Code of Arbitration Section 10 -, Tuesday, September 22, 2020 - Amended Code of Arbitration Section 11 -, Tuesday, September 22, 2020 - Amended Code of Arbitration Section 16 -, Tuesday, September 22, 2020 - Amended Code of Arbitration Section 18 -, Tuesday, September 22, 2020 - Amended Member Arbitration Rules Section 2 -, Tuesday, September 22, 2020 - Amended Member Arbitration Rules Section 3 -, Tuesday, September 22, 2020 - Amended Member Arbitration Rules Section 5 -, Tuesday, September 22, 2020 - Amended Member Arbitration Rules Section 7 -, Tuesday, September 22, 2020 - Amended Member Arbitration Rules Section 9 -, Tuesday, September 22, 2020 - Amended Member Arbitration Rules Section 10 -, Tuesday, September 22, 2020 - Amended Member Arbitration Rules Section 11 -, Tuesday, September 22, 2020 - Amended Member Arbitration Rules Section 15 -. Under this Act, the CFTC has authority to establish regulations that are published in title 17 of the Code of Federal Regulations.