An unregistered foreign individual and his various controlled entities settled CFTC charges for operating a binary options scheme that defrauded customers.

Paul Munter, Chief Accountant of the SEC, described complexities around accounting for crypto-asset safeguarding obligations, highlighting new fact patterns "not contemplated by Staff Accounting Bulletin 121."

A public beverage company settled SEC charges for making misleading statements in annual reports about the "commercial feasibility of curbside recycling" of its beverage pods, without disclosing negative feedback from recycling industry participants.

The SEC approved a new Public Company Accounting Oversight Board quality control standard.

The SEC did not pursue an appeal of the Fifth Circuit's decision to vacate the SEC's Private Fund Advisers Rule.