CFTC News

Bitcoin tops $126,000 as Strategy’s BTC hoard swells; ICE backs Polymarket; Rezolve AI buys Smartpay; Plume gains SEC transfer-agent status.

It’s unclear when US President Donald Trump could announce another pick to chair the CFTC amid a government shutdown with no end in sight.

Brian Quintenz told Coinpectra he will return to the private sector after the White House pulled its nomination for him to chair the CFTC.

Robinhood eyes UK and EU rollout of its booming prediction markets, but faces questions over classification.

Caroline Pham rattled off data about the CFTC‘s enforcement actions since she became acting chair in a roundtable event to discuss the agency and the SEC working together.

A US government shutdown lasting days or weeks could further delay the Senate’s moves on a crypto market structure bill passed by the House in July.

Bitcoin opened the week with a strong rally above $114,000, and these three developments could send BTC price back to its monthly range highs

Wall Street leans into crypto: E*Trade to add BTC, ETH and SOL, JPMorgan cools on stablecoin risks, and CFTC tests tokenized collateral.

The CFTC still doesn’t have a permanent chair, but there are reportedly several pro-crypto contenders who are under consideration to lead the agency.

No scheduled consideration of a market structure bill had appeared on Senate calendars as of Wednesday, as some Democrats could challenge what is expected to be a tight vote.

The roundtable between the two US financial regulators announced earlier this month will come after several policy changes affecting digital assets.

At least three other candidates may be in the running to chair the CTFC after the Winklevoss twins reportedly soured on Trump’s first pick, Brian Quintenz.

US Commodity Futures Trading Commission acting chair Caroline Pham said her agency is looking to allow derivatives traders to post stablecoins and tokenized assets as collateral.

Uniswap, Aptos, BNY, Chainlink, JP Morgan and Franklin Templeton executives join CFTC’s Digital Asset Markets Subcommittee under Acting Chair Pham.

Trump is reportedly exploring other CFTC leadership options after the Winklevoss twins derailed Brian Quintenz’s nomination over enforcement disputes with the Gemini exchange.