On September 2, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Trading and Markets and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight and Division of Clearing and Risk (collectively, the “Divisions”) issued a joint statement announcing a cross-agency initiative to coordinate efforts regarding the process for enabling the trading of certain spot crypto asset products.
Subsequently, on September 5, 2025, SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins and CFTC Acting Chairman Caroline D. Pham issued a joint statement announcing a joint SEC-CFTC roundtable on regulatory harmonization covering 24/7 markets, event contracts, perpetual contracts, portfolio margining, innovation exemptions, and…
