CFTC News

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.

The new guidelines come after the FDIC removed the ‘reputational risk’ category from bank exams.

The securities regulator has clarified its stance on so-called “Covered Crypto Assets” and “Protocol Mining” involving public, permissionless PoW networks.

A US federal judge found the CFTC had shown that Debiex, which marketed itself as a crypto platform, was actually a romance scam that stole around $2.3 million.

The move expands on the exchange’s existing derivatives products for US residents, with competition coming from established players such as the CME Group and Robinhood.

The White House Crypto Summit marked a “truly historic day at the White House,” according to Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek.

The disagreement over whether the SEC or CFTC should regulate memecoins points to confusion arising from the lack of a clear regulatory framework for digital assets.

Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero has said she’ll exit the CFTC once Donald Trump’s pick for chair, Brian Quintenz, is confirmed by Congress, Reuters reports.

The crypto industry has been lobbying Congress to wrestle regulatory oversight of digital assets from the SEC to the CFTC.