back on the beat: CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam said he would step down from his role leading the derivatives markets regulator on Jan. 20 wsj.com/articles/cftc-… via The Wall Street Journal

latest on CTA: The U.S. government’s plea to the Supreme Court capped a chaotic month in the implementation of the CTA leading up to its first filing deadline of Jan. 1, 2025. wsj.com/articles/fince… via The Wall Street Journal

latest from me: Some Republican lawmakers are trying to repeal the Corporate Transparency Act once again amid continuing legal challenges to the law wsj.com/articles/repub… via The Wall Street Journal

reporting from me: The Corporate Transparency Act requiring companies to disclose their true ownership is still blocked, despite a Supreme Court decision Thursday in favor of the Treasury Department wsj.com/articles/corpo… via The Wall Street Journal

Crypto exchange KuCoin, which has exited the U.S. market, called a DOJ settlement over operating as an unlicensed money transfer business in the U.S. “a milestone” for the company wsj.com/articles/kucoi… via The Wall Street Journal

Latest from me: The crypto industry has a wishlist from the SEC with the new task force. wsj.com/articles/crypt… via The Wall Street Journal

Drug cartels are what the Trump Justice Department cares about now—and not so much crooked executives or Russian oligarchs, the new AG says wsj.com/articles/u-s-t… via The Wall Street Journal

CTA is back on. A federal judge has stayed a national injunction issued last month, citing a Supreme Court ruling last month in favor of the Treasury Department wsj.com/articles/the-c… via The Wall Street Journal

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is providing more detail of the benefits it offers to companies that voluntarily report their misconduct to the regulator wsj.com/articles/cftc-… via The Wall Street Journal

breaking: The Treasury Department said a corporate ownership-disclosure requirement wouldn’t be enforced against American companies. wsj.com/articles/trump… via The Wall Street Journal

Latest from me: Trump’s pause on FCPA enforcement doesn’t mean companies should disregard antibribery laws, especially those overseas, say experts wsj.com/articles/despi… via The Wall Street Journal

A crypto coder’s invention was used by North Korean hackers. Did he commit a crime? “You wouldn’t throw Tim Cook in prison because criminals use iPhones.” wsj.com/finance/curren… via The Wall Street Journal

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Scoop: Former SunEdison Exec Awarded $34.5 Million in Whistleblower Suit. Carlos Domenech was fired in 2015 after he reported claims to the company’s board that SunEdison executives had made false statements about the company’s liquidity to investors. article.dowjones.com/djriskjournal/…

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Latest from me: Financial institutions were betting a new national beneficial ownership database would help make their jobs a little easier. But with recent enforcement curbs, they are becoming increasingly skeptical. article.dowjones.com/djriskjournal/…

SCOOP from me: CFTC enforcement chief Brian Young has left the derivatives markets regulator after four months on the job article.dowjones.com/djriskjournal/…

Story from me: State attorneys general are increasingly the new cops on the beat in an age of deregulation under the Trump administration. Read the latest in Dow Jones Risk Journal article.dowjones.com/djriskjournal/…