WASHINGTON, May 8, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Friday proposed amendments to its swap clearing requirements that would replace mandatory clearing obligations tied to legacy benchmark rates for certain Canadian dollar- and Mexican peso-denominated interest rate swaps with requirements linked to overnight, nearly risk-free rates.
WASHINGTON, April 2, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said it has filed lawsuits against the U.S. states of Arizona, Connecticut, and Illinois, challenging actions taken against CFTC-registered designated contract markets and seeking to reaffirm its exclusive jurisdiction over prediction markets, according to a CFTC press release.
WASHINGTON, April 2, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has granted its motion for summary judgment against James R.
WASHINGTON, March 30, 2026 — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said a U.S. federal court has entered a consent order against Peken Global Limited, a company associated with the operation of the KuCoin exchange, for allowing U.S. participants to access its trading system without registering as a foreign board of trade, according to a CFTC press release.
WASHINGTON, March 20, 2026 — Staff of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued responses to frequently asked questions clarifying how existing regulatory frameworks apply to crypto asset and blockchain-related activities by registrants and registered entities.
WASHINGTON, February 6, 2026 — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Market Participants Division issued Staff Letter No. 26-05, a no-action position stating that staff will not recommend enforcement action regarding futures commission merchants that accept certain non-security digital assets, including qualifying payment stablecoins, as customer margin collateral and take those assets into account for undermargined determinations and segregation calculations, or deposit the FCM’s own payment stablecoins as residual interest, subject to specified conditions.
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has designated Xchange Alpha LLC as a designated contract market, approving the firm to operate a federally regulated derivatives exchange under the Commodity Exchange Act.
Liquidations across major crypto derivatives venues intensified in late December, with short positions accounting for the majority of forced closures as thin year-end liquidity amplified otherwise modest price movements.
Crypto trading activity over the past week has shown a gradual shift toward spot market participation, while derivatives activity has remained contained despite relatively stable price conditions across major assets.
