Quick Breakdown Kraken acquires CFTC-licensed Small Exchange for $100 million, gaining a DCM license. The deal enables direct U.S. derivatives trading under a regulated framework. Marks a major step in Kraken’s global network expansion across the U.S., U.K., and EU. Kraken secures $100M deal to acquire small exchange Crypto ...
Quick Breakdown The CFTC plans to allow stablecoins, like USDC and USDT, as collateral in U.S. derivatives markets, with feedback open until October 20. Crypto leaders from Circle, Tether, Ripple, Coinbase, and Crypto.com strongly endorsed the initiative, calling it a breakthrough for liquidity and efficiency. The proposal aligns with broader ...
Quick Breakdown: SEC and CFTC issue joint statement supporting spot crypto trading on registered exchanges. Agencies aim to promote innovation, competition, and market participant choice. Initiative builds on Project Crypto, Crypto Sprint, and U.S. leadership in digital finance. U.S. financial regulators are taking a major step to support innovation in ...
Nearly every major digital asset trade group in Washington is throwing its weight behind Brian Quintenz’s nomination as the next chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), pressing the White House to break through a confirmation logjam that has already derailed two Senate committee votes. On August 20, seven ...
In a major step toward comprehensive federal oversight of digital assets, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced that spot cryptocurrency contracts can now be traded on federally registered exchanges. In an announcement on August 4 via the agency’s official website, the move marks a pivotal shift in ...
While the Trump administration’s friendlier stance on digital assets may signal a shift in tone, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Acting Chair Caroline Pham has made it clear that crypto companies shouldn’t expect a regulatory free pass. Speaking at the Coinbase Annual Summit on June 12, Pham emphasized that regulatory ...
Outgoing Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero has voiced deep concern over the agency’s rapidly dwindling leadership, warning that a thinning pool of commissioners threatens the effectiveness and balance of future crypto regulations. Speaking during a fireside chat at the Brookings Institution, Goldsmith Romero described the mass ...
Brian Quintenz, former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) commissioner and Donald Trump’s nominee to chair the agency, has disclosed over $3.4 million in assets and significant connections to the crypto industry, raising new questions about potential conflicts of interest as he awaits Senate confirmation. According to financial disclosure documents published ...
Hyperliquid Labs has submitted formal comment letters to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), advocating for a regulatory framework that supports decentralized finance (DeFi) while fostering innovation in emerging markets such as perpetual derivatives and 24/7 trading. These comments come in response to the CFTC’s recent Requests for Comment ...
A planned settlement between the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and KuCoin is facing uncertainty due to a shift in the agency’s strategy to deprioritize enforcement actions against crypto firms, a decision influenced by the Trump administration. In a letter to U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni, CFTC attorney John ...
