Paul S. Atkins, the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has issued clarifications for the treatment of crypto assets under federal securities laws to help market participants know when a crypto asset is a security. The chairman is hoping to build a bridge to the future for entrepreneurs and investors while the U.S…. Read More >>
Caroline Pham’s Legacy at the CFTC
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 >>
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 >>
FCA Hopes ‘Eunice’ Platform Will Aid Crypto Transparency
U.K. regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has added a regulatory technology platform, dubbed Eunice, to its “Regulatory Sandbox” as a way to explore and develop industry-led solutions meant to bring more transparency into England’s crypto markets, officials say. Using Eunice to help build new solutions is intended to “make digital assets safe and more… 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 >>
FSB Warns Against Gaps in Digital Assets Regulation
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) is pushing jurisdictions to make their regulation of cryptocurrencies and other digital assets more consistent with the FSB’s framework and to follow new recommendations aimed at facilitating a cohesive oversight of the global crypto-asset market and preventing regulatory arbitrage. A new peer review progress report from the FSB cites “significant… Read More >>
Regulators Want the U.S. to Rule Crypto Markets
The highly touted “Crypto Week” of July 14-18 — when Congress mulled over major legislation to kick-start the digital asset era for U.S. markets — was just the start of the Trump team’s push to have the United States dominate global crypto markets. Toward the end of last month, “The President’s Working Group on Digital… Read More >>
ECB Reports Progress Toward a Digital Euro
Officials at the European Central Bank (ECB) report that they are making progress in laying the foundation for “the potential issuance of a digital euro.” This comes via a third progress report on the preparation phase of a digital euro, which was launched on Nov. 1, 2023. The digital euro project is a collaborative effort… Read More >>
