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CFTC’s Plans for Crypto Perpetual Trading Puts Focus on Hyperliquid’s HYPE
23.5.2025
HYPE is up 15% in the past 24 hours, outperforming majors, as developers said they submitted comments to the derivatives agency on using DeFi principles to create better products
Hyperliquid backs 24/7 crypto trading in CFTC comments submission
23.5.2025
Hyperliquid, a decentralized perpetuals exchange operating on its own layer-1 blockchain, has submitted formal comments on 24/7 derivatives trading to the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).In a May 23 X post, Hyperliquid Labs announced that it has “submitted...
Hyperliquid backs 24/7 crypto trading in CFTC comments submission
23.5.2025
Hyperliquid, a decentralized perpetuals exchange operating on its own layer-1 blockchain, has submitted formal comments on 24/7 derivatives trading to the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).In a May 23 X post, Hyperliquid Labs announced that it has “submitted...
Hyperliquid Labs Responds to CFTC on Perpetual Swaps
23.5.2025
Hyperliquid Labs has written two comment letters to the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in response to…
Crypto perp futures coming ‘very soon,’ says CFTC’s Mersinger
23.5.2025
Crypto perpetual futures contracts could receive regulatory approval in the US “very soon,” says outgoing Commodities and Futures Trading Commission Commissioner Summer Mersinger.Perpetual crypto futures “can come to market now,” Mersinger told Bloomberg TV on...
Crypto perp futures coming ‘very soon,’ says CFTC’s Mersinger
23.5.2025
Crypto perpetual futures contracts could receive regulatory approval in the US “very soon,” says outgoing Commodities and Futures Trading Commission Commissioner Summer Mersinger.Perpetual crypto futures “can come to market now,” Mersinger told Bloomberg TV on...
CFTC exodus: Fourth commissioner to depart 'later this year'
21.5.2025
Kristin Johnson of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced that she plans to depart the agency before 2026.In a May 21 notice, Johnson said she planned to step down from the CFTC “later this year,” having completed her term, which ended in April....
U.S. CFTC's Johnson Says She'll Also Exit, Leaving an Empty House for Incoming Chair
21.5.2025
The last of the sitting commissioners for the U.S. regulator that may get top oversight duties over crypto is leaving along with all of her colleagues
CFTC commissioner to leave agency on May 31
16.5.2025
Christy Goldsmith Romero of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will step down on May 31, leaving three seats open at the financial regulator.In a May 16 announcement, Romero said her last day at the agency would be on May 31, ahead of her initial plans to leave if the Senate...
CFTC commissioner to leave agency on May 31
16.5.2025
Christy Goldsmith Romero of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will step down on May 31, leaving three seats open at the financial regulator.In a May 16 announcement, Romero said her last day at the agency would be on May 31, ahead of her reported initial plans to leave if...
CFTC commissioner to leave agency on May 31
16.5.2025
Christy Goldsmith Romero of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will step down on May 31, leaving three seats open at the financial regulator.In a May 16 announcement, Romero said her last day at the agency would be on May 31, ahead of her reported initial plans to leave if...
CFTC's Christy Goldsmith Romero to Leave Agency at End of Month
16.5.2025
Her departure will leave the CFTC with just two commissioners, at least until new chair Brian Quintenz is confirmed by the Senate and sworn in
CFTC's Pham Said to Plot Exit, Agency May Be Left Without a Party Majority
15.5.2025
As Summer Mersinger exits to run the Blockchain Association and Caroline Pham talks of leaving when the new chairman arrives, the commission may fall to two
CFTC Commissioner will step down to become Blockchain Association CEO
14.5.2025
Summer Mersinger, one of four commissioners currently serving at the US financial regulatory body Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), will become the next CEO of the digital asset advocacy group the Blockchain Association (BA). In a May 14 notice, the Blockchain Association said...
CFTC Commissioner Mersinger to Be CEO at Blockchain Association
14.5.2025
The Republican commissioner at the U.S. commodities regulator will be jumping into the industry just as major pieces of crypto legislation are brewing
Congress Urged to Close Dangerous Crypto Oversight Gap Now
9.5.2025
An urgent plea from a top former regulator presses Congress to act now, warning that inaction on crypto oversight endangers millions amid rampant fraud and market disorder. Former CFTC Chair Urges Congress to Act Now as Crypto Regulation Void Endangers Millions Rostin Behnam, former chairman of...
US regulator moves to drop appeal against Kalshi
6.5.2025
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is seeking permission from the court to drop an appeal against prediction market Kalshi. The move could allow the platform to offer political event contracts to users without contest.In a May 5 filing in the US Court of Appeals for the District...
CFTC Drops Appeal in Kalshi Election Betting Case
6.5.2025
The CFTC appealed a federal judge’s ruling last year clearing Kalshi’s listing of a political prediction market, arguing that it presented a “profound” harm to the public
KuCoin’s settlement with CFTC in flux after Trump policy shift
22.4.2025
A planned settlement between the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission and crypto exchange KuCoin will likely be delayed after a policy shift at the CFTC to deprioritize cases against crypto companies under the Trump administration. CFTC attorney John Murphy submitted a letter on April 21...
Coinbase Derivatives lists XRP futures
21.4.2025
Coinbase has listed futures contracts for the XRP token on its US derivatives exchange, the cryptocurrency platform said on April 21.The contracts are overseen by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and offer traders “a regulated, capital-efficient way to gain exposure to...