US CFTC launches push to permit spot crypto buying and selling on registered futures exchanges

The U.S. Commodity Futures Buying and selling Fee (CFTC) is launching a brand new initiative geared toward permitting the buying and selling of spot crypto asset contracts on CFTC-registered futures exchanges.

• Appearing Chair Caroline Pham introduced the transfer as step one in a broader “crypto dash”, which follows suggestions from the President’s Working Group on Digital Property.
• Underneath present regulation, leveraged or margined retail commodity buying and selling should happen on designated contract markets (DCMs).
• As a part of this effort, the CFTC is now looking for public suggestions on methods to record spot crypto contracts on these regulated exchanges.

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This text was written by Aaron Cutchburt at investinglive.com.