The Canadian Securities Administrator (CSA) and the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC, together with the CSA, the “Regulators”) are soliciting insight on how Canada should best regulate crypto-asset trading platforms (“Platforms”). On March 14, 2019, the Regulators jointly released Consultation Paper 21-402 Proposed Framework for Crypto-Asset Trading Platforms (the “Paper”), which proposes a framework of tailored regulatory requirements (the “Proposed Framework”) to address novel features and risks of trading in crypto-assets. Authors: Allan Goodman and Dan Eitutis