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Blockchain recordkeeping

Using distributed ledgers to create and keep the books and records that regulated financial firms are required to maintain.

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CFTC staff let registrants invest customer funds in tokens that carry the original asset's rights

CFTC staff cleared registered firms on September 24 to invest customer funds in tokenized forms of permitted investments and to keep their books on a blockchain. The update came days after the Senate stalled the CLARITY Act, but it only changes the form assets take and leaves the CFTC-SEC split to Congress.

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