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CFTC Sends Two Crypto Market Rules to White House Review

Original sourceCredBitAdditional: The Hill

Summary

The CFTC has drafted two crypto market rules and sent them to the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) for review: "Regulation Crypto Asset Transactions" and "Regulation Crypto Asset Markets." The goal is to build a federal framework for spot crypto trading under the exis…

Key points

  • This previews future US compliance thresholds for spot and leveraged crypto trading, an important leading indicator for product and compliance planning.
  • With legislation stalled, rulemaking will become the main source of US crypto market structure, directly changing registration and compliance costs for trading venues.
  • Trading platforms may face new registration categories and surveillance obligations, while retail leveraged products must strengthen disclosures and custody arrangements.
  • The text notes CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam previously said the agency would codify crypto market structure under existing authority if Congress stalled.

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