Sentences with phrase «regulated financial derivative»

Above all, we just got the first - ever Bitcoin futures — a government - regulated financial derivative of Bitcoin which recognizes it as a legitimate asset class.

Consensus is nearly universal that the failure to regulate financial derivatives trading and the subsequent explosion of credit default swaps, by passing the Commodity Futures Modernization Act, was a mistake.

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Fearful that derivatives were becoming a threat to the financial system, Born wanted to regulate them but was stiff - armed by Alan Greenspan and Robert Rubin.

In the 1990s he fought efforts to regulate derivatives — that once - opaque corner of the financial market where mortgage - backed securities and credit default swaps, at the centre of the financial meltdown of 2008, were flourishing.

In February the French financial markets regulator Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) published a statement that the derivatives on cryptocurrencies should be regulated under the new financial reforms in the EU.

France's Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) announced February 22 that cryptocurrency derivatives should be regulated just like any other financial instrument and therefore online platforms offering these are included under the new Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mfinancial instrument and therefore online platforms offering these are included under the new Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MFinancial Instruments Directive (Mifid II).

I actually think something else is going on here — rather than talking about regulating the financial sector, the government and the Bank are signaling that they are willing to provide lender - of - last - resort assurances to those who sell or engage in derivative financial products, of which the asset - back mortgage and commercial debt are but two examples.

For example, if Bitcoin is not a currency, then Bitcoin forwards and Bitcoin swaps that involve the exchange of Bitcoin for another currency will not fall under the statutory definitions of the more lightly regulated foreign exchange forwards or foreign exchange swaps.10 Likewise, retail trading of Bitcoin derivatives will be limited to designated contract markets, rather than subject to the retail foreign exchange dealer regulations.11 Treating Bitcoin as a commodity that is not a currency dovetails with the stances taken by other U.S. regulators such as the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)(virtual currency does not have all of the attributes of real currency) 12, the Securities and Exchange Commission (Bitcoin investments are investment contracts because Bitcoin is a form of money) 13 and the Internal Revenue Service (treating Bitcoin as property for tax purposes).14

The ban will apply to OTC derivatives and not to trading on a regulated exchange or on a multilateral trading facility, which is designed to supplement a Belgian distribution ban that was already in force for certain products, such as financial products with Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies as their underlying.

I am not a fan of regulation or central banks, but if we are going to have a complex financial system with derivatives and central banks, they need to be regulated by the central bank.

Critics had been raising questions about administration proposals to regulate certain derivatives, such as credit - default swaps, which many blame in part for the financial crisis.

In fact, Crypto Facilities had quietly partnered with Ripple Inc. and XRP Futures was the company's second derivative (after Bitcoin) to be regulated under the Financial Conduct Authority, UK's financial regulatFinancial Conduct Authority, UK's financial regulatfinancial regulatory body.

In February 2015, Schlaefer - a former Goldman Sachs trader - launched his own bitcoin derivatives market, Crypto Facilities, authorized and regulated by UK regulatory body, the Financial Conduct Authority.

SBI Holdings, a Japanese financial services holding company and US - headquartered and pending regulated bitcoin derivatives exchange bcause LLC, announced today the closing of a Series A equity round in which SBI Holdings has agreed to be the lead investor.

Indeed, when bitcoin was still months away from getting its first Commodity and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulated bitcoin derivatives, Schlaefer's company had quietly partnered with Ripple and launched XRP futures, its second cryptocurrency futures product after bitcoin to be regulated under the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

As a matter of fact, it wasn't until Bitcoin was very close to getting their Bitcoin derivative regulated by CFTC (Commodity and Futures Trading Commission), that Schlaefer decided to quickly partner with Ripple in order to launch XRP futures, the second futures - related cryptocurrency after the Bitcoin futures product got regulated by FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) of UK.

The bulk of the law deals with the arcane world of hedge funds, derivatives markets, and the nuts and bolts of regulating the country's financial institutions, big and small.