CFTC News

Roughly four months since his nomination and amid announced departures at the CFTC, Brian Quintenz’s nomination to head the financial regulator is moving forward.

Former CFTC chair Rostin Behnam said the crypto market will remain unregulated unless the agency he led under President Joe Biden is given greater authority.

Goldsmith Romero thinks the CFTC should work on defining a retail customer and implement bans against co-mingling a company’s assets with customer funds.

Donald Trump's pick to lead the CFTC, Brian Quintenz, has investments in crypto and market prediction firms, which he says he will divest if he is confirmed as chair.

Nicknamed “crypto dad,” Giancarlo headed the Commodity Futures Trading Commission between 2017 and 2019.

Decentralized exchange Hyperliquid has submitted formal comments to the US CFTC supporting 24/7 perpetual derivatives trading.

Every member of the five-seat panel who had been serving at the CFTC in January could depart before 2026.

Christy Goldsmith Romero reportedly said she only planned to leave the financial regulator once Brian Quintenz had been confirmed as CFTC chair.

Summer Mersinger is expected to leave the commission three years before her term ends to lead the Blockchain Association.

The predictions platform suggested that “election markets are here to stay” in a social media post after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed its request with the court.

The latest crypto markets draft bill could democratize crypto participation due to a rule that would require crypto project members to disclose crypto token holdings above 1% of total supply.

Without a majority in the CFTC to decide on previous cases, KuCoin is still waiting for a planned settlement agreement.

The futures contracts are regulated by the US CFTC and add to a growing list of crypto derivatives products available for retail and institutional investors.

The predictions marketplace is expanding its crypto on-ramps with Bitcoin deposits to onboard more Web3 users.

Coinbase Institutional is planning to list XRP futures — but funding rates remain negative, indicating bearish sentiment.