Trump is expected to join crypto, prediction market and AI executives on the 19th, with CME, Nasdaq, ICE and DTCC also invited. The CFTC's new advisory committee meets the next day.
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A White House remark about CFTC Chairman Michael Selig repriced HYPE and a Nasdaq treasury stock. No approval, no registration path and no timeline has been put on the record.
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Three HPC filings in four days argue perpetual contracts belong at the center of the CFTC's agenda, while CME's June suit asks a federal court to call the same product a swap rather than a future. Kalshi's approved contract sits between them.
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Chairman Michael Selig has told staff to work out what existing authority can carry. His innovation committee's first meeting produced no rule text and one candid caveat about enforcement.
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The SEC proposed exempt-offering caps, the CFTC threatened to write its own regime, and Trump asked for a Clarity Act he can sign. The US rulebook gets drafted either way.
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The SEC killed its Regulation Crypto Assets meeting three days after calling it. Sources point to the White House, and to SIFMA weighing a challenge to the agency's authority.
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