CFTC News

The Trump administration has appointed Michael Selig, a pro-crypto lawyer and SEC counsel, to head up the CFTC.

After a September decision from a US regulator paved the way for Polymarket's return, the company is reportedly only weeks away from a relaunch.

White House crypto and AI czar David Sacks announced Selig as US President Donald Trump's pick after Brian Quintenz's nomination to lead the regulator was withdrawn.

The rumored nomination of Michael Selig follows the CFTC nomination process hitting a snag in September when Brian Quintenz was withdrawn.

After acquiring NinjaTrader for $1.5 billion, Kraken expands its derivatives offerings in the US with a $100 million acquisition of Small Exchange.

Bitcoin tops $126,000 as Strategy’s BTC hoard swells, ICE backs Polymarket, Rezolve AI buys Smartpay and Plume gains SEC transfer-agent status.

It’s unclear when US President Donald Trump could announce another pick to chair the CFTC amid a government shutdown with no end in sight.

Brian Quintenz told Cointelegraph he will return to the private sector after the White House pulled its nomination for him to chair the CFTC.

Robinhood eyes UK and EU rollout of its booming prediction markets, but faces questions over classification.

Caroline Pham rattled off data about the CFTC‘s enforcement actions since she became acting chair in a roundtable event to discuss the agency and the SEC working together.

A US government shutdown lasting days or weeks could further delay the Senate’s moves on a crypto market structure bill passed by the House in July.

Bitcoin opened the week with a strong rally above $114,000, and these three developments could send BTC price back to its monthly range highs

Wall Street leans into crypto: E*Trade to add BTC, ETH and SOL, JPMorgan cools on stablecoin risks, and CFTC tests tokenized collateral.

The CFTC still doesn’t have a permanent chair, but there are reportedly several pro-crypto contenders who are under consideration to lead the agency.

No scheduled consideration of a market structure bill had appeared on Senate calendars as of Wednesday, as some Democrats could challenge what is expected to be a tight vote.