Innovators can finally come home and BUILD, INVEST and HIRE in America đșđž
Americans deserve safe U.S. markets as an alternative to offshore platforms. Now you can trade spot crypto on @CFTC registered exchanges. Innovators can finally come home and BUILD, INVEST and HIRE in America đșđž
December 04, 2025
WASHINGTON â Commodity Futures Trading Commission Acting Chairman Caroline D. Pham today announced that listed spot cryptocurrency products will begin trading for the first time in U.S. federally regulated markets on CFTC registered futures exchanges. The announcement marks a significant step forward in the Trump Administrationâs pledge to usher in a Golden Age of Innovation and make America the âcrypto capital of the world.â
âThe CFTC has a rich history of welcoming responsible innovation on futures exchanges by balancing regulatory flexibility with core principles that safeguard both institutional and retail traders. Thanks to President Trumpâs leadership, this Administration has developed a comprehensive all-of-government plan for America to reclaim its place as the world leader in digital asset markets, and the CFTC has a central role to play,â Acting Chairman Pham said. âRecent events on offshore exchanges have shown us how essential it is for Americans to have more choice and access to safe, regulated U.S. markets. Now, for the first time ever, spot crypto can trade on CFTC-registered exchanges that have been the gold standard for nearly a hundred years, with the customer protections and market integrity that Americans deserve.
âFifteen years ago, Congress passed important reforms to strengthen U.S. markets after the great financial crisis, including the requirement that leveraged retail commodity trading can only occur on futures exchanges. But the CFTC never implemented this critical customer protection reform by providing regulatory clarity on how to list these retail exchange traded products despite years of market demand. Instead, the CFTC chose regulation by enforcement rather than making clear rules of the road, resulting in huge fines that targeted the crypto industry but did not protect the retail public by giving them a safe place to trade.
âUnder my leadership this year, the CFTC is finally using our decades-long existing authority to work smarter and faster to protect Americans who deserve safe U.S. markets now, not offshore exchanges that lack basic safeguards against uncontrolled customer losses. This historic milestone implements recommendations from the Presidentâs Working Group on Digital Asset Markets with months of public engagement and the expert input of stakeholders, CFTC staff and other regulators.â
Todayâs announcement follows recommendations by the Presidentâs Working Group on Digital Asset Markets and stakeholder insights from the CFTCâs Crypto Sprint and cooperative engagement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Crypto Sprint also launched public consultations on all other recommendations from the Presidentâs Working Group report relevant to the CFTC. Other components to the Crypto Sprint include enabling tokenized collateral, including stablecoins, in derivatives markets and a rulemaking to make technical amendments to the CFTCâs regulations for collateral, margin, clearing, settlement, reporting, and recordkeeping to enable the use of blockchain technology and market infrastructure including tokenization in our markets.
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https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/9145-25