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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a reminder on August 7, 2026, that sounds administrative but carries real enforcement weight. The Division of Market Oversight and Market Participants Division jointly notified crypto derivatives platforms that they must display cle
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced on August 10 that its newly formed Innovation Advisory Committee will hold its inaugural meeting on August 20, 2026, in Washington, D.C. The committee's mandate is broad: provide the CFTC with insights on emerging financial techn
The speech landed on August 6, 2026, with a title that sounded like standard regulator boilerplate: "Remarks Before the [Conference Name]." But CFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig used the platform to deliver something more consequential than another compliance sermon. He argued that
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed a civil enforcement action last week that reads like a case study in how crypto fraud scales. Goliath Ventures, a purported digital asset trading platform, and its chief executive officer are accused of operating a $400 million schem
The document arrived without ceremony. A joint statement from the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, posted on a Friday afternoon, carried none of the drama that accompanies enforcement actions or high-profile litigation. Yet for the
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Market Participants Division and Division of Clearing and Risk released a 47-page staff guidance document last week that attempts to answer a question regulators have been dodging for years: what exactly can a registered firm do with cry
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission handed down what appears to be a carefully calibrated signal last week: a no-action letter permitting Kraken Derivatives Exchange to operate certain designated contract market functions while the broader regulatory framework for digital as
When the Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced it was rescinding its controversial no-deny settlement policy last week, I recognized a fundamental shift in how the agency approaches enforcement against cryptocurrency markets. The policy change, which takes effect immedia
When the Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced its CEO Innovation Council Crypto Sprint last week, I recognized a significant shift in how federal regulators approach digital asset oversight. The three-month initiative, running through August 2026, brings together indust
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's announcement arrived with the procedural rarity that signals significant policy shifts. When the CFTC filed to vacate its own $5 million settlement with Gemini Trust Company, the move marked the first time the agency has sought to revers
