Unlike the Clarity Act, these regulations would not mandate that crypto assets be traded on CFTC registered platforms because the agency lacks the legislative authority to impose such a requirement. The first round of rules includes new CTX and CAM regulations, which Selig described as the beginning of an effort to ensure the US leads the next generation of financial technology.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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CFTC Launches First Formal Crypto Rules for Retail Leverage
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The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission is establishing a new framework that would allow digital asset exchanges to provide margined spot trading to individual traders. Chairman Mike Selig wrote in the Wall Street Journal that this pathway does not require congressional action, marking a shift away from the agency's previous enforcement-only approach to the market. The proposed rules are designed to recognize the specific distinctions between cryptocurrency assets and other traditional commodities.
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