{"id":229528,"date":"2026-09-19T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=229528"},"modified":"2026-09-19T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T13:00:00","slug":"cftc-crypto-asset-rules-enter-white-house-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=229528","title":{"rendered":"CFTC Crypto Asset Rules Enter White House Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

TL;DR<\/strong><\/p>\n

A new CFTC<\/a> crypto rulemaking has entered White House regulatory review.
\nThe filing covers \u201cCrypto Asset Transactions\u201d and \u201cCrypto Asset Markets.\u201d
\nIt is still at the pre-rule stage, so nothing has taken effect yet.<\/p>\n

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission<\/a> has moved a new crypto rulemaking into White House review, giving the market its clearest sign yet that the agency is preparing a broader framework for digital asset trading.<\/p>\n

The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs lists a CFTC<\/a> submission under RIN 3038-AF80 titled \u201cRegulation Crypto Asset Transactions and Regulation Crypto Asset Markets.\u201d<\/strong> The filing was received on September 17 and remains under review.<\/p>\n

That title is broad enough to matter.<\/p>\n

The CFTC<\/a> already oversees futures, options and other derivatives markets, and crypto firms have spent years trying to work out how products such as perpetual-style contracts fit within the existing U.S. rulebook. A formal rulemaking could start turning some of those grey areas into something more concrete.<\/p>\n

The Important Bit Is The Stage<\/h2>\n

This is not a final rule.<\/p>\n

OIRA lists the submission as a pre-rule<\/strong> and its status remains pending. In practical terms, that means the proposal is still going through executive-branch review before the public sees the full shape of whatever the CFTC intends to put forward.<\/p>\n

That distinction matters because regulatory headlines often get several steps ahead of the actual process.<\/p>\n

There is no new trading permission taking effect today, no fresh compliance deadline and no automatic change to how exchanges<\/a> can offer derivatives to U.S. customers.<\/p>\n

What has changed is that a formal agency rulemaking is now moving.<\/p>\n

Why Crypto Firms Will Be Watching Closely<\/h2>\n

The CFTC has already spent much of 2026 dealing with crypto market structure in smaller pieces.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, the agency issued guidance and no-action positions around crypto derivatives, perpetual-style products and registrant activity. A broader rulemaking under the banner of crypto asset transactions and markets could pull some of that work into a more durable framework.<\/p>\n

For exchanges<\/a>, brokers and derivatives venues, the details will matter far more than the headline.<\/p>\n

Questions around margin, eligible participants, exchange registration, clearing and the treatment of leveraged retail products could all determine whether more crypto derivatives activity can move into regulated U.S. venues.<\/p>\n

For now, though, the market is waiting on the actual proposal.<\/p>\n

OIRA review is a procedural step, but it is a meaningful one: it tells us the CFTC has moved beyond informal discussion and has a regulatory package far enough along to send into the White House review process.<\/p>\n

Source: U.S. Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs \u2014 https:\/\/www.reginfo.gov\/public\/Forward?Image61.x=0&Image61.y=0&SearchTarget=RegReview&textfield=3038<\/a><\/p>\n

This article was written by the News Desk and edited by Samuel Rae.<\/p>\n

This report is based on information released by Reginfo. at Reginfo<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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