CFTC Scraps Outdated Crypto Rules, Signals Fresh Momentum Ahead

U.S. crypto regulation is pivoting fast as the CFTC scraps legacy guidance, signaling a friendlier, clearer framework that could unlock broader market access, reduce compliance friction and accelerate digital asset integration across American financial markets. CFTC Signals Pro-Crypto Shift by Scrapping Legacy Guidance A bullish regulatory reset is taking shape as U.S. crypto policy accelerates. … Read more

Crypto CEOs Step Into CFTC Council as Market Structure Shifts

Crypto heavyweights step directly into the regulatory core as the CFTC’s new CEO Innovation Council pulls top exchange leaders into fast-moving debates on tokenization, collateral, 24/7 trading, and the evolving derivatives framework set to guide U.S. market modernization. CFTC Taps Top Crypto Chiefs as Market-Structure Momentum Builds Crypto’s growing influence in U.S. market-structure policy advanced … Read more

CFTC Launches Crypto Pilot With BTC, ETH, USDC Driving Margin Heat

A new CFTC pilot program opens the door for regulated tokenized collateral in U.S. derivatives markets, signaling broader acceptance of bitcoin, ether and stablecoins while removing barriers that once constrained digital asset innovation. CFTC Launches Tokenized Collateral Pilot and Pulls Back Outdated Rules Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Acting Chairman Caroline D. Pham on Dec. … Read more

First-Ever Spot Crypto Trading Goes Live on a CFTC-Registered Exchange

Bitnomial has become the first U.S. exchange cleared to offer regulator-approved spot cryptocurrency products, marking a pivotal regulatory shift and a political tone change under President Trump’s crypto-friendly administration. CFTC Hails ‘Golden Age’ as Bitnomial Lists First Regulated Spot Crypto Products Bitnomial has officially entered the history books as the first U.S. exchange to list … Read more

CFTC Urges Crypto CEOs to Help Shape Regulation as US Market Structure Accelerates

The CFTC is turbocharging America’s innovation momentum by recruiting top CEOs to shape the future of crypto market structure, blockchain rulemaking, and next-gen digital-asset oversight as the agency pushes into a new era of financial transformation. CFTC Opens CEO Innovation Council Nominations U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced on Nov. 25 that Acting Chairman … Read more

Who is Michael Selig, Trump’s New Nominee for CFTC Chair?

There’ll soon be a new sheriff at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and it won’t be former Commissioner Brian Quintenz. Michael Selig: The Crypto Lawyer Nominated for CFTC Chair Brian Quintenz, a former commissioner at the CFTC and current global head of policy at the crypto division of Silicon Valley venture firm Andreessen … Read more

Trump’s CFTC Pick Puts XRP in the Spotlight as SEC Grip on Crypto Starts to Loosen

Trump’s pick of pro-crypto advocate Michael Selig to lead the CFTC ignites fresh optimism, as his pledge to boost freedom, innovation, and make America the crypto capital aligns with his past clarification of XRP’s legal status, signaling powerful bullish momentum. Trump’s Nomination of Selig Hints at a New Era of Commodity-Driven Crypto Policy XRP’s legal … Read more

Crypto.com Secures Full CFTC Derivatives Stack, Clears Way for Margined Crypto Products

Crypto.com announced that its affiliate Crypto.com | Derivatives North America (CDNA) has received approval for an amended designated contract market (DCM) license, completing a full suite of U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) derivatives permissions — DCM, DCO and FCM. The DCM amendment authorizes margined derivatives trading (including crypto perpetuals) on CDNA alongside its existing … Read more

The Turf War Is Over: SEC-CFTC Alignment Signals Major Crypto Market Shift

U.S. regulators are tearing down barriers to streamline financial oversight, signaling a groundbreaking era of crypto-friendly policy coordination and market-driven innovation. SEC and CFTC Join Forces in Historic Push for Regulatory Unity Financial regulators are signaling a reset in their approach to overlapping responsibilities, focusing on cooperation instead of competition. The U.S. Securities and Exchange … Read more

US Regulators Unite to Ignite Unstoppable Financial Innovation Wave

U.S. regulators are tearing down decades of red tape to unleash a powerful new era of clarity, innovation, and global financial supremacy. SEC and CFTC Signal Historic Regulatory Overhaul to Power US Finance Forward American financial regulation is entering a decisive new phase as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the U.S. Commodity … Read more