CFTC News

According to the agencies’ operations plans, staff are expected to return to work the day after the “enactment of appropriations legislation,” which occurred late on Wednesday.

The House passed a funding bill to end the longest US government shutdown in history, which had previously delayed crypto ETF approvals and key crypto bills. 

With the US government shutdown expected to end this week, the Senate Agriculture Committee scheduled a hearing to consider President Donald Trump’s pick to head the CFTC.

The Senate Agriculture Committee has released a draft bill outlining the proposed regulatory jurisdiction of the country’s two main financial market regulators.

Interim CFTC chief Caroline Pham confirmed plans to greenlight leveraged spot crypto trading in the US as early as next month following talks with regulated exchanges.

Some experts suggest that the US Senate is more likely to pass a funding bill to reopen the government before any crypto legislation.

Tokenized Treasurys have climbed to a capitalization of $8.63 billion as traders and banks begin using them for repo market financing.

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Sacks announced Selig as US President Donald Trump's pick after Brian Quintenz's nomination to lead the regulator was withdrawn.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nomination of Michael Selig follows the CFTC nomination process hitting a snag in September when Brian Quintenz was withdrawn.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.