The CFTC’s Market Participants Division (MPD) and Division of Clearing and Risk (DCR) jointly issued on March 20, 2026 responses to 11 frequently asked questions addressing how futures commission merchants, derivatives clearing organizations, and swap dealers may use crypto assets and blockchain technologies under existing CFTC regulations and recent staff guidance.

The FAQs supplement prior staff guidance issued in December 2025: CFTC Staff Letter 25-39 on Tokenized Collateral Guidance and CFTC Staff Letter 26-05 (successor to CFTC Staff Letter 25-40) providing a no-action position permitting futures commission merchants (FCMs) to accept certain crypto…