SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce emphasized the need for the SEC to provide increased regulatory clarity with regard to Bitcoin exchange-traded products and custodial services for digital assets.
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CFTC Acting Chair Rostin Behnam established an interdivisional Climate Risk Unit. Participating staff from across CFTC operations will focus "on the role of derivatives in understanding, pricing, and addressing climate-related risk and transitioning to a low-carbon economy."
In a second hearing on the subject, the U.S. House Financial Services Committee considered reform recommendations from capital market experts on regulatory questions arising from the GameStop trading event.
A CFPB interpretive rule was published in the Federal Register providing that sex discrimination by lenders, including on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, is prohibited under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and CFPB Regulation B.
CFTC Commissioner Dan M. Berkovitz called on the CFTC to establish appropriate limits on "trading-at-settlement" transactions in the oil markets.