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This Emerging Issues Video is the first in a three-part series on blockchain.

On February 8, 2017, IOSCO published a research Report on financial technologies, or FinTech—innovative business models and emerging technologies...

PayPal has entered into a $175,000 settlement with the Texas Attorney General's Office after the state alleged that PayPal's Venmo application violated portions of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Consumer Protection Act.

Two ICO Issuers Settle SEC Charges for Failing to Register Tokens.

Daniel Gorfine, the Chief Innovation Officer and Director of the LabCFTC initiative will leave the CFTC in mid-August of 2019.

The CFPB has reached a settlement with VyStar Credit Union to resolve allegations that its defective new online banking platform violated the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010.

On July 31, the U.S. Department of the Treasury released its planned Fintech report, "A Financial System That Creates Economic Opportunities: Nonbank Financials, Fintech and Innovation."

On FINCast Episode 35, Juan Zarate interviews K2 Integrity's own Bryan Stirewalt, a renowned, global financial regulator with 35 years of U.S. and international experience. Juan and Bryan discuss...

The International Organization of Securities Commissions has issued two significant final reports addressing pre-hedging practices and financial asset tokenization, both carrying major implications for US and global derivatives regulation. These principles-based guidance documents may reshape how the Commodity Futures Trading Commission approaches market-conduct standards while balancing technological innovation. The reports explore frameworks for managing conduct risks in pre-hedging activities and assess

On May 17, 2017, Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") Acting Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo announced an "important step forward" in bringing the CFTC's regulations into the "digital world of the 21st century."

A number of states have jumped into the FinTech fray by enacting legislation or issuing guidance regarding new technologies and digital currencies.

NFA modified its annual questionnaire to add questions concerning members' virtual currency, virtual currency derivatives and micro contract activities.

On March 29, 2016, US Commodity Futures Trading Commission Commissioner Christopher Giancarlo discussed distributed ledger technology, commonly known as DLT or "blockchain" and its potential to "revolutionize the world of finance."

On March 18, 2016, US Comptroller of the Currency Thomas J. Curry delivered remarks before the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, where he addressed how banks are adapting to financial technology changes...

The Comptroller also spoke about the OCC's principles for implementing a regulatory framework to support responsible innovation in the federal banking system.

On January 25, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman published a joint op-ed in the Wall Street Journal regarding the regulation of cryptocurrency.

Professor Mark Conrad returns to the pod to discuss a brief history of sporting participants that bet on their sport.