CFTC News

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Carving out clear jurisdictions for the SEC and CFTC may ease investor concerns over ambiguous securities laws.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission will work with the Securities and Exchange Commission to implement White House crypto recommendations.

Andreessen Horowitz urged the US Senate Banking Committee to scrap the “ancillary asset” concept in draft crypto legislation, warning of loopholes.

The White House’s digital asset task force calls on regulators to clarify crypto trading rules and accelerate innovation, as a major crypto bill becomes law and two more head to the Senate.

A vote on prospective CFTC Chair Brian Quintenz was taken off the Senate Agriculture Committee’s agenda on Monday as the chamber heads into recess.

Veda protocol has appointed former SEC senior counsel TuongVy Le as general counsel, weeks after securing $18 million in venture capital funding.

The Senate Agriculture Committee will hear from prospective CFTC chair Brian Quintenz, who could be the sole US regulator commissioner by the end of 2025.

The US Senate Banking Committee’s digital assets subcommittee will hear testimony from former CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam and lawyers at Coinbase and Multicoin Capital.

Coinbase is gearing up to launch crypto perpetual futures as the CFTC reconsiders its previous stance toward the high-risk financial products.

USDC, a US dollar-pegged stablecoin by Circle and Coinbase, is set to become a collateral for US futures trading as part of a joint effort by Coinbase Derivatives and Nodal Clear.

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

Gemini has accused the CFTC’s enforcement division of using a false whistleblower report to form its 2022 lawsuit against the crypto exchange.

The CFTC said that My Big Coin investors might not get their money back as the alleged operators “may not have sufficient funds or assets.”

CFTC acting chair Caroline Pham says the agency won't ease up on crypto just because the Trump administration has pledged to support the industry.