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CFTC Sends Prerelease Crypto Derivatives Rules, Turning to Existing Authority After Congressional Setback

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Summary

The CFTC has submitted prerelease rules titled 'Regulation Crypto Asset Transactions and Regulation Crypto Asset Markets' to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), indicating the agency intends to build a crypto derivatives framework under existing authority rather than directly r…

Key points

  • It provides the latest timeline on the U.S. crypto derivatives regulatory path, letting compliance and product teams anticipate the direction of upcoming rule text.
  • After congressional legislation stalled, regulators are advancing on separate tracks under existing authority, and market structure will be assembled from rules by multiple agencies.
  • Derivatives and trading platform firms need to track both the CFTC and SEC rule lines and build compliance flexibility for potential differences in the text.

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