CFTC News

Senators questioned Brian Quintenz on prediction markets, his experiences dealing with debanking, and how he would potentially handle an entirely Republican-staffed CFTC.

The CLARITY Act will move to the House floor after the House Financial Services Committee voted to advance the crypto market structure bill in a 32 to 19 vote.

The US House Agriculture Committee voted to advance the CLARITY Act for digital assets as lawmakers in the House Financial Services Committee debated an amendment for developers.

Trump’s CFTC nominee Brian Quintenz says blockchain will reshape industries beyond finance and calls for clear crypto rules to protect US leadership.

New legislation in Washington would have the CFTC regulate crypto, but is it currently able to provide effective rulemaking?

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.