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Re:Robinhood Crypto Gets Wells Notice from US SEC by ajross on Monday May 06, 2024 @01:24PM (#40277048)
> The vast majority of arbitrage of fungible assets happens in commodities, not securities.

Yeah, I'm gonna say no to that. I don't have numbers but if total trading volume on commodities is anything more than a tiny fraction of stock/derivatives trading on any given day I eat my proverbial hat.

Regardless, "The CFTC needs to sue us, not the SEC" isn't the argument being made by Robinhood either.

Re:Robinhood Crypto Gets Wells Notice from US SEC by siftrics on Monday May 06, 2024 @01:31PM (#40277117)
Derivatives are governed by the CFTC not the SEC.

It does matter, because they aren't doing anything wrong if these crypto assets are considered commodities and not securities.

Also, just because a government agency is suing you, that doesn't mean it has any legal or moral imperative. I don't see your point.

Re:Robinhood Crypto Gets Wells Notice from US SEC by gamblor956 on Monday May 06, 2024 @02:39PM (#40277998)
A trading instrument can be both a commodity and a security and thus subject to regulation by the CFTC and the SEC.

Most issuers try very hard to keep their instrument in one bucket to avoid the kind of issues that cryptocurrencies are dealing with.

Re:Robinhood Crypto Gets Wells Notice from US SEC by siftrics on Monday May 06, 2024 @04:44PM (#40279291)
I should have said "the derivatives in question" instead of simply "derivatives".

My point stands: OP claimed that most trading volume happens in securities and it simply does not. I highly doubt securities amount to more than the $20 quadrillion settled in the CFTC's realm last week.

I'm not claiming the jurisdictions of the CFTC and SEC are mutually exclusive. My point stands.

Re:Robinhood Crypto Gets Wells Notice from US SEC by ajross on Monday May 06, 2024 @01:41PM (#40277241)
Again, that's wrong. The CFTC absolutely does not handle regulation of options and bond funds and ETFs, etc... You seem to be invoking this "commodities" thing as a trick, and that's not how it works. We've seen this repeatably now where the SEC has to come at crypto outfits with a cluebat and explain to them (in court!) that yes: crypto assets are securities. Why do you really think it's going to be different this time?
Re:Robinhood Crypto Gets Wells Notice from US SEC by siftrics on Monday May 06, 2024 @01:51PM (#40277381)
From the CFTC's official website:

"The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is an independent U.S. government agency that regulates the U.S. derivatives markets, including futures, options, and swaps."

Also from their official website: 20 quadrillion per week in settled trades. Too lazy to look up the equities numbers, but I would bet everything I own it's lower.

Also from the CFTC's website:

"Bitcoin is considered a commodity and is the underlying asset in bitcoin futures contracts… Bitcoin futures contracts — like other commodity futures contracts such as corn futures, market index futures, or gold futures — are regulated by the CFTC and must trade on CFTC-regulated exchanges."

Re:Robinhood Crypto Gets Wells Notice from US SEC by JumpCrisscross on Monday May 06, 2024 @03:27PM (#40278560)
SEC regulates securities-based derivatives. I used to professionally make markets in those.

SEC and CFTC are both claiming jurisdiction over Bitcoin.

Re:Robinhood Crypto Gets Wells Notice from US SEC by siftrics on Monday May 06, 2024 @04:41PM (#40279262)
Correct. And this case hinges on the yet undecided question as to whether or not Bitcoin and numerous other cryptocurrencies are actually securities.
Re:Robinhood Crypto Gets Wells Notice from US SEC by ajross on Monday May 06, 2024 @05:32PM (#40279744)
Once more, it's not undecided. Coinbase tried exactly the same argument in their case and lost.