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 conditional no-action position with respect to Regulation 39.13(g)(8)(iii) contained in CFTC Letter No. 19-17 is now further extended until July 21, 2025.

Accordingly, the conditional no-action position with respect to Regulation 39.13(g)(8)(iii) contained in CFTC Letter No. 19-17 is now further extended until the earlier of (a) June 30, 2025 or (b) the effective date of any final Commission action relating to the Second Proposal.

No-action relief for LCH SA with regard to Regulations 1.20(g)(4) and 22.5, and an exemption from the requirements of Regulation 1.49(d)(3) for customer accounts held at the Banque de France.

No-Action position regarding the deposit and holding of customer funds by a registered FCM under certain circumstances with Taiwan Banks

DSIO advisory to FCMs regarding accepting and holding customer virtual currency assets in segregation and guidance on practices to consider in developing and maintaining their risk management programs when holding such assets as customer funds.

No-Action Relief to Eurex Clearing AG to allow certain modifications to the acknowledgment letter that Eurex is required to obtain from the Deutsche Bundesbank

The Division of Clearing and Risk (DCR) granted no-action relief to derivatives clearing organization Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) regarding use of modified acknowledgment letters tailored to the mechanics of CME’s liquidity facility in place of the form letters required by Regulations 1.20, 1.26, and 22.5.