A group of financial associations urged the SEC to either rescind or signficantly narrow SEC disclosure requirements on cybersecurity because they force companies to reveal sensitive operational details and prematurely disclose ongoing cyber incidents.

The CFTC announced that its newly formed Innovation Task Force will concentrate on three emerging technological sectors: crypto assets and blockchain technologies; artificial intelligence and autonomous systems; and prediction markets and event contracts.

Senators Elizabeth Warren, Ranking Member of the Banking Committee, and Sheldon Whitehouse asked the CFTC to investigate unusual trading patterns in oil futures.

The SEC notified broker-dealers that they could include a debit in their customer reserve computations when depositing assets to meet certain customer-related clearing agency margin requirements.

A broker-dealer settled FINRA charges for failing to submit timely and complete restricted-period and trading notifications in connection with its participation in security distributions.