Michael S. Selig

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