US Sanctions BitBank Exchange Over Iranian Military Bitcoin Transfers. Officials sanctioned the exchange's developer and three associates for moving hundreds of millions to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps.

CFTC extends broker registration relief to passive software providers. The regulator will not enforce broker registration for software routing users to registered derivatives trading platforms.

US commodities regulator allows software providers to connect to derivatives. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a no-action letter permitting software developers to provide access to regulated derivatives markets.