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CFTC implements NASDAQ market surveillance technology

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The upgrade comes as the agency anticipates increased regulatory power over digital assets.

The CFTC has announced that it has adopted NASDAQ’s SMARTS trade surveillance software to strengthen its oversight of the US derivatives markets, replacing old tech that had been in use since the 1990s.

NASDAQ’s software, which already serves over 50 exchanges and 20 international regulators, will for the first

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