CFTC files crypto rulemaking with White House

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission forwarded its crypto asset rulemaking to the White House for inspection. The Block noted that the agency handed over documents titled "Regulation Crypto Asset Transactions" and "Regulation Crypto Asset Markets" to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs on Thursday, September 18, 2026.

OIRA, a division within the Office of Management and Budget, examines federal regulations prior to their release. CFTC Chair Michael Selig previously indicated that he directed staff to formalize a CFTC market structure for crypto assets leveraging the agency’s current powers. He observed that this method might permit the CFTC to classify current and non-registrant crypto exchanges as a specific DCM called a crypto asset market. Such a designation would let them provide leveraged or margined crypto asset trading, guided by rules tailored to specific objectives under CFTC supervision.

Selig further remarked that he would draw upon current powers to start building a crypto asset market framework should legislative attempts fail. Key Democratic negotiators pointed to ethics issues concerning the administration's role in crypto policy as a chief cause for their rejection of the Clarity Act.