One of 2 Remaining Democrats at U.S. CFTC Will Exit When New Chair Arrives As the crypto industry awaits a surge in digital assets authority at the U.S. derivatives agency, Democrat Christy Goldsmith Romero plans to call it quits.

Trump to Tap Former CFTC Commissioner, a16z Policy Head Brian Quintenz for CFTC Head Quintenz has been known for his crypto advocacy

Trump’s CFTC Head Slams Prediction Markets Resistance Under Predecessor Caroline Pham, the agency’s acting chairman, is scheduling an experts roundtable to reset the CFTC’s course on this “sinkhole of legal uncertainty.”

Regulation By Enforcement Is Out at CFTC, Acting Chair Pham Says The CFTC’s Division of Enforcement is being reorganized to “refocus” on fraud prevention.

Trump’s CFTC Pick Clears Top Ranks of Key US Crypto Regulator Caroline Pham, the CFTC’s interim chief elevated by President Donald Trump, has cleared the decks of the derivatives regulator’s senior officials.

Polymarket’s Customer Data Sought by CFTC Subpoena of Coinbase, Source Says The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is said to be seeking information about customers’ interactions with the prediction market site Polymarket.

U.S. CFTC Chair Behnam Makes Departure Official, Stepping Down on Inauguration Day Like Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler, CFTC chief Rostin Behnam will exit his job on the day that Donald Trump takes the oath of office.

Gemini Agrees to Pay $5M Settlement in CFTC Case The Commodity Futures Trading Commission sued Gemini in 2022 for making misleading statements.

Bonk Rockets 30% to Lead Dog Meme Rebound; Floki Termed ‘Utility Token’ by CFTC Memecoins are known for their high volatility and tend to outperform major tokens during price rallies, serving as a leveraged bet

Why It Matters Whether the CFTC Versus the SEC Regulates Crypto

Elizabeth Warren Demands U.S. CFTC Chair Explain His Chats With SBF The head of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Rostin Behnam, had a lot of contact with Sam Bankman-Friend, the disgraced former CEO of FTX, but lawmakers suggest he hasn’t been fully forthcoming about those interactions. So, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) are demanding more.

CFTC Chief: Nothing Changed After FTX Meltdown to Empower Agency to Prevent Repeat U.S. regulators don’t have any more authority now to head off another major crypto collapse than they did when FTX imploded and took much of the industry with it, said Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Rostin Behnam.

Crypto’s Bromance With U.S. CFTC May Be One-Sided Half of the 2023 sanctions from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) targeted digital assets companies and individuals, according to the agency’s annual enforcement snapshot released on Tuesday.

Binance Again Seeks to Nix ‘Incendiary’ CFTC Suit U.S. law “does not control the world,” said the filing by the world’s biggest crypto exchange as it feels increasing regulatory pressure.

CFTC Denies Kalshi’s Plan to Let Users Bet on Control of U.S. Congress Regulators said the plans weren’t in the public interest, after a court squabble involving rival service PredictIt

The Protocol: The CFTC Is Cracking Down on Crypto The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission placed a trio of decentralized crypto platforms into its crosshairs last week. An aggressive set of charges from the CFTC – which zeroed in on how the trading platforms handle certain kinds of third-party token swaps – contrasted with the regulator’s more lenient image.

Will the CFTC Blot Out DeFi in the U.S.?

CFTC Goes After Opyn, Other DeFi Operations in Enforcement Sweep The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has charged three decentralized finance (DeFi) operations – Opyn, Inc., ZeroEx (0x), Inc. and Deridex, Inc. – with offering illegal derivatives trading, according to a Thursday statement from the agency.

CFTC Commissioner Pitches Pilot Program for U.S. Crypto Regulation The U.S. watchdog for derivatives markets should create a limited pilot program for regulating cryptocurrencies, said Caroline Pham, one of the members of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

CFTC Overreached in Suing Binance, Crypto Exchange Says The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is reaching beyond its jurisdiction in trying to sue Binance, the global crypto exchange said in a motion to dismiss the regulator’s lawsuit against it.