New Advisory Group to Shape Policy on Tokenization, 24/7 Trading, and Derivatives Market Infrastructure
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has broadened its CEO Innovation Council, adding senior leaders from crypto exchanges, prediction markets, and major traditional financial institutions to help guide future derivatives market reforms.
Announced this week, the council will examine structural developments affecting the markets under CFTC oversight. Key areas of discussion include tokenization, crypto asset integration, 24/7 trading, perpetual contracts, and evolving blockchain market infrastructure.
Participants now include executives from leading digital asset platforms such as Polymarket, Kalshi, Kraken, Gemini, Bitnomial, Bullish and Crypto.com. They join counterparts from major global exchanges including the CME Group, Cboe Global Markets, Nasdaq, Intercontinental Exchange, and the London Stock Exchange Group.
Acting CFTC Chair Caroline Pham said the new initiative builds on the momentum of previous industry engagements, noting that the council is designed to support practical, informed policymaking for increasingly digital markets.
The expansion follows the agency’s recent launch of a crypto collateral derivatives market pilot, which allows registered futures commission merchants to accept Bitcoin, Ether and USDC as margin collateral. The initiative aims to evaluate how digital assets can be safely incorporated into regulated market frameworks.
Pham’s leadership has signaled a more proactive stance toward digital assets, with earlier efforts including the formation of the Crypto CEO Forum featuring leaders from major firms. The broader Innovation Council underscores the agency’s intention to modernize oversight while collaborating directly with both established financial institutions and fast-growing blockchain companies.
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