Staff of CFTC and SEC Issue Joint Statement on Certain Crypto Asset Products – Publications
LawFlash
September 10, 2025
On September 2, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Trading and Markets and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Divisions of Market Oversight and Clearing and Risk (Divisions) issued a joint statement (Joint Statement) announcing a cross-agency initiative to coordinate efforts in enabling “certain spot crypto asset products” to trade on regulated exchanges. The Joint Statement is perhaps most noteworthy as the earliest and most visible instance of interagency cooperation on crypto regulation.
It has been followed by additional announcements of cooperation, with what their respective leadership has described as…