Caroline D. Pham, the acting chairman for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for most of 2025, stepped down from her post last month to make way for Michael Selig, who became the 16th chairman of the CFTC on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. While Selig brings with him a rather full agenda focused on digital… Read More >>
New CFTC Chair Wants ‘Common Sense’ Crypto Regs
Michael Selig took the helm as the 16th chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, bringing with him an agenda focused on digital assets and stripping back over-reaching regulation. Nominated by President Donald Trump in late October and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in mid-December, Selig’s appointment suggests the… Read More >>
CFTC Names Members of the ‘CEO Innovation Council’
Whether or not you agree with her policies and opinions, there is no question that Caroline D. Pham, the acting chairman for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), does not waste time. On November 25, Pham announced the creation of the CFTC CEO Innovation Council, and roughly two weeks later, on December 10, named the… Read More >>
CFTC Facilitates a Digital Assets Pilot Program
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is forging ahead with its highly publicized “Crypto Sprint.” The Genius Act has facilitated a pilot program that will allow derivatives markets to explore the use of key digital assets, such as Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and the USD Coin stablecoin (USDC), as collateral, according to Caroline D. Pham,… Read More >>
Spot Crypto Trading Pioneers Get CFTC’s Approval
Listed spot cryptocurrency products will begin trading for the first time via U.S. federally regulated markets on futures exchanges registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, says Caroline D. Pham, the acting chairman of the CFTC. The milestone “follows recommendations by the President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets and stakeholder insights from the CFTC’s… Read More >>
CFTC Seeks Nominees for ‘CEO Innovation Council’
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is seeking “expert industry leaders” to join its new CFTC CEO Innovation Council, which is intended to help the regulator “in shaping responsible regulations that will lay the foundation for America’s Golden Age of Innovation,” says Caroline D. Pham, the acting chairman of the CFTC. Those who wish… Read More >>
Time to Unify the SEC & CFTC?
Should the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) become a single, unified regulator? It’s not a new question, and recently I have been asking industry veterans if now is a good time to unite the regulators as a way of achieving regulatory efficiencies. But Timothy G. Massad,… Read More >>
Should the CFTC Regulate Digital Commodity Trading?
Should the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have the authority to regulate digital commodities? That has been a major question as cryptocurrencies, tokenization, and other digital assets have grown in popularity, and as the Trump team has appointed regulatory heads who are taking a pro-innovation stance on digital assets. Key members of the U.S. Senate… Read More >>
A New Nominee for CFTC Chairman Emerges
The nomination of Michael “Mike” Selig, who is chief counsel of the Crypto Task Force and senior advisor to Paul Atkin, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), as the next chairman for the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has apparently been clarified via social media postings by President Trump and others. Over… Read More >>
SEC & CFTC Scale Back to Skeleton Staffs
With the shutdown of the U.S. federal government, the financial markets regulators — the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) — have issued guidelines to help staff members and market participants maintain some regulatory requirements. During the shutdown, the SEC “will have only an extremely limited number of staff… Read More >>
