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Chair Michael Selig said that the task force was an example of “future-proofing“ regulation at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission is looking to embrace innovation in its regulatory approach to crypto and blockchain with the launch of a new Innovation Task Force, according to a Tuesday notice.
that the task force will work with the regulator’s Innovation Advisory Committee to create a framework focused on crypto, blockchain, AI, and prediction markets. The effort will be led by Michael Passalacqua, whoas a senior adviser in January after working on crypto and blockchain issues at international law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. “The idea behind our innovation advisory task force is really to create a space where innovators and builders can come in and talk to the staff,” Seligattendees at the Digital Asset Summit in New York City on Tuesday. “It’s not just crypto — it’s going to be prediction markets, crypto, and AI. We think these three verticals are really important.”The move comes more than a year after the US Securities and Exchange Commission launched its own task force focused on crypto regulation, just one day after US President Donald Trump took office, and SEC Commissioner Mark Uyeda took the reins as acting chair from former Commissioner Gary Gensler. The SEC task force, headed by Commissioner Hester Peirce, included Selig as chief counsel at the time before he was nominated by Trump to chair the CFTC.proposed that the agencyThe market structure bill, called the CLARITY Act when it passed the House of Representatives in July 2025, has effectively been stalled in the Senate amid debates over stablecoin yield, ethics, tokenized equities, and other issues. While some proponents of the legislation have said policymakersBanks want to run Vietnam’s crypto exchanges, Boyaa’s $70M BTC plan: Asia Express Cointelegraph is committed to independent, transparent journalism. This news article is produced in accordance with Cointelegraph’s Editorial Policy and aims to provide accurate and timely information. Readers are encouraged to verify information independently. Read our Editorial Policy
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