CFTC Proposes New Rule for Regulating Crypto Transactions

Federal regulators have introduced a new proposal designed to regulate digital asset markets and transactions.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) introduced a proposal Monday (Oct. 5) for a regulatory framework governing retail transactions involving crypto assets (CTXs), and said it is seeking public comment on the proposed rule.

“Today’s action is a critical step in the CFTC’s ongoing efforts to ensure America remains the crypto capital of the world,” CFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig said in the announcement.

“The American people deserve clarity, certainty, and consumer protections in the crypto asset markets and the agency is committed to delivering this by incorporating crypto asset transactions into its uniform national market regulatory framework.”

Among the topics the commission is seeking comment on are ways to prevent “abusive practices” in cryptocurrency markets and transactions under a uniform national regime. Selig said this is part of his plan to create regulations that will “prevent, rather than only prosecute after the fact, fraudulent schemes such as FTX.”