by Patomak Global Partners | Feb 18, 2022 | In the News, Newsroom, Patomak Post
2022 is shaping up to be a pivotal year for the “digital assets” industry. As Capitol Hill and the regulatory agencies prepare to lay the groundwork for an active year, Patomak Global Partners and Invariant hosted a webinar on February 9, 2022, to discuss the...
by Jamila Piracci, Ted Serafini and Sudhir Jain | Feb 14, 2022 | Patomak Post
Outgoing Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) Commissioner Dawn Stump recently issued a challenge to her fellow commissioners to move past simply enforcing the CFTC’s rules as they exist and to do the hard work of setting more clearly defined...
by Ted Serafini and Chris Beckmann | Jan 5, 2022 | Patomak Post
Even though there’s no policy consensus for cryptocurrency regulation as 2022 kicks off, the cryptocurrency community’s engagement with policymakers in 2021 had a positive effect in Washington – that’s Patomak’s takeaway from recent hearings in the House Financial...
by Paul Watkins | Oct 20, 2021 | Opinion, Patomak Post
Few industries welcome attention from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). But Director Rohit Chopra’s recent statement that the CFPB use its “tools to promote competition and shift market power toward consumers” is welcome news for companies challenging...
by Sudhir Jain and Jamila Piracci | Oct 13, 2021 | Patomak Post
In September 2021, just days prior to its fiscal year end, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced enforcement actions against four Swap Dealers, with monetary fines ranging from $750,000 to $1.5 million. Here are four takeaways from these actions:...
by Tim Tian and Jamila Piracci | Sep 8, 2021 | Patomak Post
Mark Twain is credited with coining the phrase “it is wiser to find out than suppose” and at times the maxim holds true today, particularly by any regulated community. Earlier this summer, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released an advisory clarifying...
