Eurex Clearing no-action letter regarding the use of Clearstream Banking S.A. as a central securities depository.

Staff of the Division of Clearing and Risk (“DCR”), Division of Market Oversight (“DMO”), and Market Participants Division (“MPD”) (collectively, the “Divisions”) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”) are issuing this advisory to set forth CFTC staff’s expectations with respect to, designated contract markets (“DCMs”), swap execution facilities (“SEFs”), and derivatives clearing organizations (“DCOs”) who are seeking to extend trading and/or clearing operations to a 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (“24/7”) basis as well as futures commission merchants (“FCMs”) seek

Staff No-Action Position with respect to FCMs that accept certain non-securities digital assets as margin collateral and (a) take into account the value of such digital assets for purposes of certain regulatory requirements, subject to conditions or (b) deposit payment stablecoins as residual interest, subject to conditions. Note that this is a re-issuance of Staff Letter 25-40 to specify that a national trust bank may be a permitted issuer of a payment stablecoin for purposes of the no-action position taken in Letter 25-40.

Staff No-Action Position with respect to FCMs that accept certain non-securities digital assets as margin collateral and (a) take into account the value of such digital assets for purposes of certain regulatory requirements, subject to conditions or (b) deposit payment stablecoins as residual interest, subject to conditions.

The Market Participants Division (“MPD”), Division of Market Oversight (“DMO”), and Division of Clearing and Risk (“DCR” and, together with MPD and DMO, the “Divisions”) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission are issuing this guidance to provide the Divisions’ views on the use of tokenized assets as collateral in the trading of futures and swaps.

Conditional No-Action Relief to Eurex Clearing AG and its FCM Clearing Members to hold customer margin in the form of securities at Clearstream Banking AG

Interpretation of the Commodity Exchange Act and Commission regulations regarding the characterization of variation margin payments and all other cash flows for cleared swaps.

No-action position of DSIO with respect to withdrawals of residual interest related to margin deficits prior to required segregation computation under Commission Regulation 22.17(b).

Extension of Time-Limited No-Action relief from compliance with certain conditions associated with the receipt of customer funds by FCMs.

Extension of previously issued no-action.