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commission merchant

American  

noun

  1. broker.


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Coinbase said Wednesday that it had secured regulatory approval from the National Futures Association to operate as a futures commission merchant.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 16, 2023

A separate complaint by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission alleges that only about $9 million of the $59 million raised from investors appears to have been sent to a futures commission merchant for trading purposes.

From Washington Post • Jun. 10, 2022

Commodities Futures Trading Commission fined Bitfinex $75,000 for offering “illegal” cryptocurrency transactions and failing to register as a futures commission merchant.

From Reuters • Sep. 29, 2017

According to the CFTC’s rules, non-U.S. residents and firms need not register with the agency, so long as they have no U.S. clients and submit all trades for clearing to a futures commission merchant.

From Newsweek

Robert Hill, commission merchant, Bank Street, gave me two pounds of coffee to-day when I told him of Lee’s dispatch.

From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp