CFTC

CFTC

Policy

Het falen van Clarity zou de innovatie in crypto kunnen versnellen terwijl het gevestigde partijen beschermt

Bestuurders zien kansen voor tokenisatie, DeFi en dealmaking, terwijl juristen waarschuwen dat handhaving door instanties toezicht op de spotmarkt en blijvende rechtszekerheid onopgelost laat.

Congress

Policy

CFTC verzoekt rechter om zaak CME over crypto perpetual futures te seponeren

De toezichthouder stelt dat het geschil "veel rumoer om niets" is en merkt op dat het bevel elke aangewezen contractmarkt, inclusief CME, toestaat deze producten te noteren.

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Videos

Can you regulate a machine? Walt Lukken on the CFTC's Innovation Committee

CoinDesk's The Policy Protocol host Renato Mariotti takes a deep dive into the CFTC's inaugural Innovation Advisory Committee. Renato breaks down the viral, spicy exchange between CME Group CEO Terry Duffy and CFTC Chairman Michael Selig over event contracts and market manipulation, and introduces his own comment-letter concept "accountability arbitrage" that focuses on the enforcement gap that opens up when an AI agent authors a trading strategy. He then sits down with the committee's chair, Walt Lukken, President and CEO of the Futures Industry Association and a former acting CFTC chairman, who explains why Chairman Selig stood up the committee, how FIA is welcoming retail-first and formerly-offshore entrants while holding the line on customer protections, and why the hardest open question in the room was how to hold a machine accountable.

Can you regulate a machine? Walt Lukken on the CFTC's Innovation Committee

Videos

SEC drops 'Reg Crypto' rulemaking: do we still need Clarity?

CoinDesk's The Policy Protocol hosts Rebecca Rettig and Renato Mariotti open on President Trump's White House remarks about bringing Hyperliquid onshore, then dig into Judge Vernon Oliver's Connecticut ruling that slammed the CFTC's emergency order in the Kalshi fight. Alexander Zozos, General Counsel of Superstate and a former SEC staffer, joins the hosts to break down what “Reg Crypto” actually does: two fundraising exemptions plus a safe harbor that acts as a "barbell" on when securities laws apply, solving crypto's "Hotel California" problem of checking in but never checking out. Plus, Rebecca and Renato debrief on whether the rule is a foundation or a window, and name crypto lawyers as their Person of the Week.

SEC drops 'Reg Crypto' rulemaking: do we still need Clarity?

Policy

CFTC beveelt Kalshi aan om voorspellingsmarkten in New York te blijven aanbieden na rechtszaak van de staat

New York heeft Kalshi vorige maand aangeklaagd in een poging het te verhinderen sportgerelateerde voorspellingsmarkten te exploiteren.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Videos

White House's Patrick Witt: CLARITY is 'not a giveaway' to crypto and Trump's 'historic' ethics concession

CoinDesk's The Policy Protocol hosts Rebecca Rettig and Renato Mariotti open on the week's biggest policy news from SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce's statement on crypto vaults to the London Stock Exchange's launch of a 24/5 tokenized market. Then, Patrick Witt, Executive Director of the President's Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, joins to make the case that the CLARITY Act deserves a Senate floor vote before the August recess and argues that President Trump's agreement to subject himself to conduct restrictions is a "historic" and unprecedented ethics concession. Witt also breaks down the CFTC's expanded mission and the fight over funding and staffing. Plus, Rebecca and Renato debrief on the lessons of MiCA and the state of bipartisan compromise on the Hill, and name the state attorneys general, led by an op-ed from Montana's AG, as their Person of the Week.

White House's Patrick Witt: CLARITY is 'not a giveaway' to crypto and Trump's 'historic' ethics concession

Videos

Sen. Hagerty says Warren tried to 'destroy' GENIUS, warns CLARITY faces political headwinds

CoinDesk's The Policy Protocol host Rebecca Rettig is joined by guest co-host Ryan VanGrack, Coinbase's newly appointed Vice Chairman, to unpack the week's biggest crypto policy developments. They begin with the escalating legal standoff between Kalshi, the state of Michigan and the CFTC, before turning to the U.S.-U.K.'s new joint recommendations on stablecoins and tokenized assets. On the one-year anniversary of the GENIUS Act, Rebecca sits down with the bill's architect, Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), who reflects on the legislative battle to pass the landmark stablecoin law and explains why the CLARITY Act now faces an even more challenging political path. The episode closes with Hero of the Week Harry Jung, Patrick Whitt's deputy who is stepping into a leading White House role on crypto policy while Whitt takes military leave, and Zero of the Week Sam Bankman-Fried, after the Senate unanimously passed a resolution opposing any pardon or commutation for the former FTX founder.

Sen. Hagerty says Warren tried to 'destroy' GENIUS, warns CLARITY faces political headwinds

Markets

Polymarket zet in op Amerikaanse marketingoffensief om vertrouwen terug te winnen na 4 jaar verbod: Rapport

Het hoofd van de Amerikaanse operaties van de voorspellingsmarkt zegt dat het bedrijf stappen onderneemt om zichzelf te legitimeren na jaren van juridische toetsing.

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Videos

Does the Clarity Act have a human trafficking blind spot?

CoinDesk's The Policy Protocol hosts Rebecca Rettig and Renato Mariotti open with two hot topics: Coinbase's SEC-registered AI agentic trading launch and tribal gaming operators' letter to Senators Thune and Schumer demanding that the CLARITY Act include a prohibition on prediction markets. Then Katie Boller Gosewisch, Executive Director of the Alliance to End Human Trafficking, joins to challenge CLARITY's Section 604, arguing that shielding DeFi developers from money-transmitter liability creates a "duty of care" gap that traffickers can exploit. Plus, Rebecca and Renato close by naming Meta as their Person of the Week for its reported move into points-based prediction markets.

Does the Clarity Act have a human trafficking blind spot?

Policy

CME-directeur zegt dat het bedrijf van plan is de CFTC aan te klagen na goedkeuring van perpetual futures

Het perpetual futures-product van Kalshi voldeed niet aan de definitie van een "swap" volgens de Dodd-Frank Act en had niet goedgekeurd mogen worden, aldus Terrence Duffy.

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