Worldwide: Commodities/Derivatives/Stock Exchanges

The SEC's inaugural podcast episode reveals a fundamental shift in digital asset regulation, as Commissioner Peirce outlines Project Crypto's vision for principles-based rules that embrace blockchain innovation while maintaining investor protection.

The International Organization of Securities Commissions has issued two significant final reports addressing pre-hedging practices and financial asset tokenization, both carrying major implications for US and global derivatives regulation. These principles-based guidance documents may reshape how the Commodity Futures Trading Commission approaches market-conduct standards while balancing technological innovation. The reports explore frameworks for managing conduct risks in pre-hedging activities and assess

Barrett Morris, head of Moore & Van Allen's Swaps & Derivatives practice, joins a podcast to discuss the rapidly evolving legal and regulatory framework surrounding prediction markets. The conversation explores key developments including CFTC enforcement trends and recent court decisions that are shaping how regulators approach this innovative market space.

Federal regulators navigate the intersection of prediction markets and gambling law, while the FDIC reverses course on NSF fee guidance and Treasury proposes new rules for remittance transfer taxation. Major financial institutions see long-standing enforcement actions terminated as regulatory priorities shift under new leadership.

On April 13, 2026, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC)’s Division of Trading and Markets (the staff) issued a statement (the statement)...

CFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig is working to establish regulatory discipline in prediction markets, addressing market problems while maintaining support for their development. Partner Carl Kennedy discusses how Selig's regulatory approach aims to bring order to these emerging financial instruments within the CFTC's authority.

The United States' Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), in coordination with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)...

The interpretive guidance marks the first effort by the SEC (as opposed to prior staff interpretations that were not statements of the Commission itself) to define the types of crypto assets that are securities and those that are not.

The 2025 securities class action landscape presents a paradox that issuers and their boards should take note of: although overall filing volume declined, the financial magnitude of these cases reached unprecedented levels.