CFTC News
CFTC Moves Ahead With Crypto Rulebook Despite CLARITY Setback
The CFTC is advancing crypto rules despite the CLARITY Act setback, targeting leveraged trading, reserves and self-custody within existing p...
CFTC Chair Signals Major U.S. Financial Market Shift as Tokenisation Accelerates
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig told a Treasury market conference in New York that U.S. markets must be readied for mass tokenisation, predictin...
SEC and CFTC Signal Crypto Rulemaking Push After Clarity Act Stalls
US regulators signal they will push ahead with crypto rules after CLARITY stalls, while industry leaders expect faster progress on digital a...
Hyperliquid Policy Center Calls for Clearer U.S. Rules on Perpetuals
The Hyperliquid Policy Center asked the SEC and CFTC on 24 August to let equity perpetuals list as security futures, citing $480 billion of ...
Trump Says CFTC Is Working to Bring Hyperliquid Into the U.S.
Trump said CFTC Chairman Michael Selig is working to bring Hyperliquid into the United States "in a fully compliant and legal fashion", send...
CFTC Orders Kalshi to Keep Trading as Prediction-Market Power Fight Escalates
Federal regulators have stepped into New York’s fight with Kalshi, ordering the platform to remain open as officials contest who can overs...
CFTC Permanently Bans Celsius Founder Alex Mashinsky, Closing Landmark Crypto Lending Case
The CFTC secured a permanent trading and registration ban against Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky, closing its civil case over the lender's 2...
CFTC Signals Green Light for Sports and Election Prediction Markets in Landmark Rule Proposal
The CFTC proposed its first prediction-market rules, broadly permitting sports contracts on final scores and season outcomes while clarifyin...
CFTC Officials Who Questioned Crypto Firms Were Suspended, NYT Reports
Internal tensions at the CFTC reportedly escalated as staff objections to crypto-linked prediction market firms were overridden by senior le...
Crypto’s Future Won’t Wait on Congress: Industry Pushes Ahead With or Without CLARITY Act
US regulators have built a March crypto-asset taxonomy while Congress weighs the CLARITY Act, leaving industry executives focused on agency ...
Kalshi Taps Pyth Network to Power Commodities Expansion with Real-Time Data
Kalshi selected Pyth Network as a pricing source for new 24/7 commodities markets, expanding event contracts tied to gold, oil, grains and m...
Crypto Safe Harbor Proposal Moves Closer to Approval as SEC Signals Regulatory Shift
SEC Chair Paul Atkins confirmed the agency's crypto safe harbor plan has advanced to White House regulatory review, the final step before pu...