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

Staff Interpretative Letter Regarding the Categorization of Deribit Perpetuals as Foreign Futures and No-Action Position Regarding Digital Commodities and Payment Stablecoins Deposited to Margin Customer Positions with a Foreign Broker Under a Right of Re-Use

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

MPD no-action position, subject to certain specified conditions, on introducing broker (IB) and associated person registration for a provider of self-custodial crypto asset wallet software that proposes to provide and market software to facilitate trading by its users with registered futures commission merchants and IBs and designated contract markets.

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.

No-action position with respect to timing for implementation of the Commission's 2024 Part 17 large trader reporting final rule.

Withdrawal of CFTC Staff Advisory 20-34 on Accepting Virtual Currencies from Customers into Segregation.

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.

Staff Interpretation Regarding FCM Deposits of Securities with Foreign Brokers and Foreign Clearing Organizations to Margin Customer Positions Entered into on, or Subject to the Rules of, a Foreign Board of Trade.