Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Commodity Futures Trading Commission is a US federal agency that regulates the country's derivatives and commodity markets and brings enforcement actions against fraud.
Leadership
Michael S. Selig, Chairman. Michael Selig is the 16th Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Key facts
WYDE coverage of Commodity Futures Trading Commission
WYDE Newsroom has published 38 articles about Commodity Futures Trading Commission, from Mar 14, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is the regulator in 35 stories and the subject of 3 stories. The most recent is CFTC Clears Equity Perpetual Futures: Kalshi Filed for Up to 58 Contracts, and a Cboe-Backed Group Sues.
CFTC Clears Equity Perpetual Futures: Kalshi Filed for Up to 58 Contracts, and a Cboe-Backed Group Sues
CFTC Chairman Mike Selig said on Nov. 3 that perpetual futures on individual stocks can trade on U.S. exchanges registered with both the CFTC and the SEC. A group whose members include Cboe and Citadel Securities sued the same day.
Nov 4, 2026 · 4 min read · Subject of the story
Crypto & DeFiNYSE Owner ICE Takes Stake in Trade.xyz to Bring Its 24/7 Hyperliquid Perpetual Futures to the U.S.
Intercontinental Exchange signed a definitive agreement to run Trade[XYZ]'s perpetual futures markets onshore for U.S. retail traders, subject to regulatory approvals. No launch date or investment amount was disclosed.
Oct 30, 2026 · 3 min read · Subject of the story
WYDE Weekly$1 Million Clipping Fund for Creators Who End Hunger
WYDE Weekly: a new $1 million clipping fund pays creators to end hunger, plus Ken Griffin's record $3 billion gift, three record health-system donations, and the regulators chasing crypto.
Oct 3, 2026 · 7 min read · Regulator
Crypto & DeFiCFTC Wins $31.48 Million Judgment Against Two Fundsz Crypto Fraud Promoters
A default judgment in the Middle District of Florida orders two Fundsz promoters to pay about $31.48 million, but only $4 million has been recovered for more than 9,000 defrauded investors.
Oct 1, 2026 · 3 min read · Subject of the story
Crypto & DeFiKalshi Ends Its Trader Volume Rewards a Year Early as Wash Trading Scrutiny Grows
Kalshi will close its Volume Incentive Program on October 13, 2026, nearly a year early, after an analyst flagged more than $5 billion in repetitive ether trades and the Wall Street Journal reported the CFTC is weighing a wash trading investigation.
Sep 30, 2026 · 2 min read · Regulator
Crypto & DeFiCoinbase Wins CFTC Clearinghouse Approval, Completing Its Derivatives Stack
The CFTC registered Coinbase Clearing as a derivatives clearing organization on September 28, 2026, letting the exchange clear its own fully collateralized futures, options, and swaps on a USDC-native clearinghouse.
Sep 29, 2026 · 2 min read · Regulator
LegalSixth Circuit Rules States Can Regulate Kalshi's Sports Contracts, Widening a Circuit Split
The Sixth Circuit held Kalshi's sports event contracts are not swaps under the Commodity Exchange Act, letting Ohio and Tennessee enforce gambling laws and deepening a circuit split headed toward the Supreme Court.
Sep 28, 2026 · 2 min read · Regulator
Crypto & DeFiCrypto Loses Two Top Washington Voices as Mersinger and Peirce Head for the Exits
Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger steps down and SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce departs within weeks of the CLARITY Act's Senate defeat, thinning crypto's regulatory bench in Washington.
Sep 28, 2026 · 3 min read · Regulator
WYDE WeeklyStates Just Took On SNAP's Bill, Fraud Topped $900 Million in a Week, and Philanthropy Wrote $1.2 Billion in Checks. Over 71,800 Meals.
WYDE Weekly: the SNAP cost shift hits states October 1, Fast Lab's $500 million COVID fraud plea, Bitget's $387.5 million hack, the Fed's first stablecoin rules, and Phil and Penny Knight's $1 billion gift to Oregon.
Sep 26, 2026 · 7 min read · Regulator
LegalSenate Banking Democrats Demand a Public Hearing on Prediction Markets as Republicans Meet Privately With Kalshi
Every Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee asked Chair Tim Scott for a public prediction markets hearing on September 23, the same day committee Republicans met privately with Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour.
Sep 23, 2026 · 2 min read · Regulator
Crypto & DeFiThe CFTC Sends Its Crypto Market Rules to the White House as Congress Stalls
The CFTC submitted its crypto market-structure rulemaking to the White House Office of Management and Budget on September 17, moving ahead under existing authority after the CLARITY Act failed in the Senate.
Sep 22, 2026 · 3 min read · Regulator
Crypto & DeFiThe CFTC Is Investigating Polymarket After a $10 Million Fraud Attempt and a Growth-Over-Compliance Push
A Wall Street Journal investigation says Polymarket's payment processor flagged more than 80 percent of US deposits as fraudulent while the prediction market chased a $21 billion valuation.
Sep 22, 2026 · 3 min read · Regulator
WYDE WeeklyThe Creator Economy Crossed $1 Billion, the CLARITY Act Died in the Senate, and Everyday Money Kept Ending Hunger. Over 70,600 Meals.
MrBeast's next video cost $10 million and the top creators crossed $1 billion, the CLARITY Act failed 49 to 50, tokenized Treasuries opened to 35 million accounts, and creators and restaurants can now get paid to end hunger with the EAT Card.
Sep 19, 2026 · 7 min read · Regulator
Crypto & DeFiCoinbase Files With the CFTC to Bring Single-Stock Perpetual Futures to US Traders
Coinbase Derivatives asked the CFTC on Friday to list 24/5 perpetual futures on 50 to 60 US stocks, including Apple, Nvidia, Microsoft, and Tesla, letting traders take leveraged positions without owning the shares.
Sep 19, 2026 · 2 min read · Regulator
Crypto & DeFiThe CFTC Says DeFi and Wallet Developers Can Route Derivatives Trades Without Registering as Brokers
A new CFTC staff no-action letter, 26-25, extends industry-wide relief so any maker of passive software, including DeFi front ends and self-custodial wallets, will not face enforcement for failing to register as an introducing broker, subject to ten conditions.
Sep 18, 2026 · 2 min read · Regulator
Crypto & DeFiThe CLARITY Act Fails in the Senate as a 49-50 Cloture Vote Falls Short
The Senate's September 15 cloture vote on the CLARITY Act, crypto's market-structure bill, failed 49 to 50, short of the 60 votes needed, leaving US crypto oversight with the SEC and CFTC as bitcoin slid toward $76,000.
Sep 16, 2026 · 2 min read · Regulator
Crypto & DeFiThe CFTC and SEC Lean on Their Statutory Authority After the CLARITY Act Fails
One day after the CLARITY Act failed, CFTC Chairman Mike Selig said the agency will write crypto rules under existing authority, while SEC Chairman Paul Atkins proposed rescinding the shareholder proposal rule as beyond the SEC's statutory authority.
Sep 16, 2026 · 3 min read · Regulator
Crypto & DeFiThe Senate Sets a September 15 Vote on the CLARITY Act, Crypto's Market-Structure Bill
A cloture vote on H.R. 3633 will decide whether the bill that splits crypto oversight between the SEC and CFTC advances to the Senate floor.
Sep 11, 2026 · 2 min read · Regulator
WYDE WeeklyJPMorgan Warns Food Inflation Could Double, Citi Will Custody Bitcoin, and EAT Tops Charity Tokens. Over 65,000 Meals.
Record child hunger and food insecurity collide with a wall of institutional crypto money, from Citi custody to the SEC and Treasury rulebooks, plus $105 billion for one AI data center. This week in the WYDE Newsroom.
Aug 22, 2026 · 7 min read · Regulator
Crypto & DeFiThe CFTC Closes Its FTX Cases With Five-Year Trading Bans for Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang and No Fines
Consent orders filed Tuesday in the Southern District of New York ended a case opened in December 2022. The CFTC sought no monetary penalty and no disgorgement, citing the pair's cooperation against Sam Bankman-Fried.
Aug 21, 2026 · 2 min read · Regulator
Crypto & DeFiCFTC Chairman Mike Selig Will Write Crypto Market Structure Rules if the CLARITY Act Stalls
CFTC Chairman Mike Selig told the agency's first Innovation Advisory Committee meeting that if the CLARITY Act stalls, the CFTC will use existing authority to write crypto market structure rules and create a crypto asset market category.
Aug 21, 2026 · 2 min read · Regulator
Crypto & DeFiThe CLARITY Act Misses Its Senate Cloture Deadline Two Days Before the August Recess
Senate Majority Leader John Thune filed cloture Wednesday on a college sports bill, a spending vehicle, and an attorney general nomination, and left the crypto market structure bill off the list, stalling the CLARITY Act as ethics and stablecoin disputes stay unresolved.
Aug 5, 2026 · 3 min read · Regulator
LegalNew York Sues Kalshi and Says Its Prediction Markets Are Illegal Gambling
Governor Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James filed suit against KalshiEX on July 31, asking a state court to shut the platform down, force it to forfeit its gains, and pay fines equal to three times what it made in New York.
Aug 2, 2026 · 3 min read · Regulator
Crypto & DeFiThe CLARITY Act Explained: Who Backs the Crypto Market Structure Bill, Who Blocks It, and Why the Odds Fell to 25%
A plain English guide to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. What the bill would do, why it matters even if you never buy crypto, the four police groups and five Wall Street firms that endorsed it in July 2026, the banks and senators blocking it, and when the Senate might vote.
Aug 1, 2026 · 11 min read · Regulator
Crypto & DeFiKalshi and Polymarket Reach 27% of US Sports Betting on Record World Cup Trading
Prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket reached about 27% of US legal sports betting during the 2026 World Cup, with the Argentina-Spain final contract topping $1.27 billion, the biggest event market in their history, as the CFTC-regulated exchanges pulled users from DraftKings and FanDuel.
Jul 23, 2026 · 2 min read · Regulator
Crypto & DeFiPolymarket Files for a US License to Offer Margin Trading
Polymarket's US affiliate applied for a futures commission merchant license with the National Futures Association, a step toward margin trading on prediction markets as volumes race toward $240 billion this year.
Jul 11, 2026 · 2 min read · Regulator
Crypto & DeFiAmericans Traded $571 Million on Polymarket Political Bets Despite the US Ban
Onchain analysis firm Allium found US-linked wallets traded $571 million in Polymarket political markets over the past year, more than any other country, even though the prediction market is banned from serving US customers.
Jul 6, 2026 · 3 min read · Regulator
Crypto & DeFiSupreme Court Ends For-Cause Removal Protection at Independent Agencies Including the SEC and CFTC
In Trump v. Slaughter, a 6-3 Supreme Court overturned the 90-year-old Humphrey's Executor precedent and let the president remove independent agency officials at will, with the Federal Reserve carved out.
Jun 29, 2026 · 2 min read · Regulator
Crypto & DeFiPolymarket Faces CFTC Scrutiny and Senate Pressure Over Staged-Trade Marketing Videos
A Wall Street Journal report of staged Polymarket trades drew a bipartisan Senate letter to the CFTC and a reported investigation into the prediction market's deceptive marketing.
Jun 28, 2026 · 2 min read · Regulator
Crypto & DeFiCME Sues the CFTC Over Its Approval of Kalshi Crypto Perpetual Futures
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange sued the CFTC and chairman Michael Selig on June 18 over the regulator's approval of Kalshi crypto perpetual futures, a fight over whether perpetual contracts are futures or swaps under the Dodd-Frank Act.
Jun 28, 2026 · 3 min read · Regulator
Crypto & DeFiThe Crypto CLARITY Act's July 4 Deadline Is Slipping, and Few Are Surprised
The White House set July 4 to pass the crypto market structure bill, but with the Senate math unsettled, odds of 2026 passage sit near a coin flip.
Jun 20, 2026 · 2 min read · Regulator
Crypto & DeFiTreasury Secretary and SEC Chair Publicly Push CLARITY Act to Trump's Desk as Senate Markup Deadline Nears
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and SEC Chair Paul Atkins pushed the CLARITY Act to Trump's desk this week as the Senate Banking markup deadline nears.
Apr 13, 2026 · 3 min read · Regulator
WYDE Weekly$381M verdict against Zuck. 90% SBA Financing for Food SMBs. $EAT at ATH. We signed our national partner.
Feed the Children signed, $EAT ATH, SBA financing for food infrastructure, tokenization, AI, hunger policy, and big tech accountability.
Mar 30, 2026 · 9 min read · Regulator
Crypto & DeFiCFTC Launches Innovation Task Force to Build Clear Rules for Crypto and Fintech
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig launched an Innovation Task Force to develop clearer regulatory rules for crypto and fintech innovators.
Mar 29, 2026 · 2 min read · Regulator
Crypto & DeFiSEC Declares Bitcoin, Ethereum, and 15 Other Crypto Assets Are Not Securities
SEC classifies Bitcoin, Ethereum and 15+ crypto assets as digital commodities in historic interpretive release, clearing regulatory uncertainty.
Mar 23, 2026 · 2 min read · Regulator
Creator EconomyMrBeast Employee Fired After Insider Trading on Prediction Markets Tied to YouTube Videos
Beast Industries fires video editor after Kalshi catches insider trading on MrBeast video prediction markets, CFTC Chairman personally flags the case.
Mar 14, 2026 · 3 min read · Regulator
Crypto & DeFiEthereum at $2,132: Six Red Months, Record Network Activity, and the Commodity Classification That Changes Everything
Ethereum drops 57% from August 2025 ATH of $4,953 to $2,132 despite record network activity and SEC-CFTC commodity classification in March 2026.
Mar 14, 2026 · 4 min read · Regulator
LegalSEC and CFTC Sign Historic MOU Ending Years of Crypto Regulatory Conflict
SEC and CFTC sign historic MOU classifying Bitcoin and Ethereum as digital commodities under CFTC jurisdiction, ending years of regulatory turf war.
Mar 14, 2026 · 2 min read · Regulator
Reported alongside Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- Securities and Exchange Commission · in 14 stories with Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- Michael Selig · in 14 stories with Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- Kalshi · in 11 stories with Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- Coinbase · in 9 stories with Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- Polymarket · in 6 stories with Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- OpenAI · in 4 stories with Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- Anthropic · in 3 stories with Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- Office of the Comptroller of the Currency · in 3 stories with Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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