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Paradigm Urges CFTC to Craft DeFi Perps Regulatory Path
29.5.2025
Crypto investment firm Paradigm has called on the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to develop a comprehensive regulatory framework specifically for decentralized finance (DeFi) perpetual derivatives, arguing current proposals focus too narrowly on centralized platforms. CFTC...
Crypto vulnerable if CFTC not given authority, says ex-chair Behnam
29.5.2025
Former Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Rostin Behnam has said the crypto market will remain unregulated unless the agency he led is given greater authority.In a May 28 Bloomberg TV interview, Behnam sided with the crypto industry on its long-standing argument that cryptocurrencies...
Crypto vulnerable if CFTC not given authority, says ex-chair Behnam
29.5.2025
Former Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Rostin Behnam has said the crypto market will remain unregulated unless the agency he led is given greater authority.In a May 28 Bloomberg TV interview, Behnam sided with the crypto industry on its long-standing argument that cryptocurrencies...
CFTC’s Goldsmith Romero says commissioner exodus ‘not a great situation’
28.5.2025
Outgoing US Commodity Futures Trading Commission commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero says the exodus of the agency’s top brass is “not a great situation” for crypto regulations.The CFTC could be headed by just one commissioner once the other four depart later this year, which...
CFTC’s Goldsmith Romero says commissioner exodus ‘not a great situation’
28.5.2025
Outgoing US Commodity Futures Trading Commission commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero says the exodus of the agency’s top brass is “not a great situation” for crypto regulations.The CFTC could be headed by just one commissioner once the other four depart later this year, which...
Trump’s CFTC pick Quintenz discloses crypto links, $3.4M assets
28.5.2025
US President Donald Trump’s pick to chair the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has disclosed millions of dollars worth of assets, along with his various ties to crypto-related organizations.In paperwork released by the US Office of Government Ethics on May 25, Brian Quintenz disclosed...
Trump’s CFTC pick Quintenz discloses crypto links, $3.4M assets
28.5.2025
US President Donald Trump’s pick to chair the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has disclosed millions of dollars worth of assets, along with his various ties to crypto-related organizations.In paperwork released by the US Office of Government Ethics on May 25, Brian Quintenz disclosed...
Former CFTC Chairman ‘Crypto Dad’ Joins Sygnum Bank
27.5.2025
Former U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo, known as “Crypto Dad,” has joined Sygnum Bank as Senior Policy Advisor, as announced on May 27, 2025. Giancarlo, who was a strong advocate for open markets and balanced regulatory frameworks...
Former CFTC Chair Christopher Giancarlo joins crypto bank Sygnum
27.5.2025
Christopher Giancarlo, former chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has joined Sygnum in an advisory role, where he will help the crypto bank navigate global regulations amid growing institutional interest in digital assets. Giancarlo’s appointment as senior...
Former CFTC Chair Christopher Giancarlo joins crypto bank Sygnum
27.5.2025
Christopher Giancarlo, former chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has joined Sygnum in an advisory role, where he will help the crypto bank navigate global regulations amid growing institutional interest in digital assets. Giancarlo’s appointment as senior...
Former CFTC Chair Christopher Giancarlo joins crypto bank Sygnum
27.5.2025
Christopher Giancarlo, former chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has joined Sygnum in an advisory role, where he will help the crypto bank navigate global regulations amid growing institutional interest in digital assets. Giancarlo’s appointment as senior...
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...