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According to Jinshi reports, data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) shows that as of the week ending June 23, stock fund managers increased their net long positions in the S&P 500 Index CME by 4,547 contracts to 987,977 contracts.At the same time, stock fund speculators reduced their net short positions in the S&P 500 Index CME by 146,022 contracts to 355,669 contracts.

According to the official website of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the CFTC and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) jointly issued a document seeking public comments on further coordination of the regulatory framework for portfolio margin and cross-margin for securities, security-based swaps, futures, swaps, and related positions. The two agencies aim to enhance risk management efficiency, reduce unnecessary market fragmentation, and strengthen customer protection through unified or strengthened coordination.The key points for public comment include existing portfolio margin models and practices, customer protection, cross-margining and inter-product offsets, capital and margin and collateral handling, clearinghouse and clearing organization arrangements, as well as technology and operational implementation, with a comment period of 60 days after the document is published in the Federal Register.

According to the official announcement, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has released a request for comments, seeking public feedback on the development of two energy derivatives markets: first, the extension of standard futures contracts to all-day trading, and second, the potential listing of perpetual contracts referenced to physical delivery or storable energy commodities such as crude oil.The CFTC stated that this move aims to assess the impact of relevant changes on the market based on data, while maintaining safeguards against market manipulation and market disruptions in support of prudent innovation. Written comments must be submitted within 30 days after the relevant documents are published in the Federal Register.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has completed its handling of the case against former Celsius CEO Alexander Mashinsky. According to the final ruling, Mashinsky is permanently banned from registering for any business related to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and is prohibited from participating in commodity trading activities within its regulatory scope.

Terence Duffy, the outgoing CEO of the CME Group, stated that the company will sue the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Thursday because the latter approved the prediction market platform Kalshi to launch Bitcoin perpetual futures products.

Mike Selig, Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), reiterated that the review of cryptocurrency perpetual contracts will be conducted on a "single asset" basis. CFTC staff had previously clarified this position in the advisory opinion regarding 24/7 continuous trading, and the regulator will assess the compliance of perpetual products for different underlying assets using this framework.

Mike Selig, the Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), posted on the X platform to clarify several misunderstandings in the market regarding perpetual futures contracts and to address the controversy arising from the recent approval of related contracts by the CFTC. Mike Selig stated that the Commodity Exchange Act and relevant CFTC rules do not explicitly require that "futures contracts" must have a fixed expiration date or delivery date. Since Congress has not clearly defined this term, the identification of futures contracts is primarily based on judicial precedents and CFTC interpretations, and a fixed expiration date is not a necessary condition.In response to the claim that "the CFTC-approved BTCPERP contract allows U.S. users to use 250 times leverage," high leverage is not a characteristic of the perpetual contract structure itself, but rather a feature of the previous offshore trading model. Perpetual contracts regulated by the CFTC will adhere to the same leverage limits as other regulated futures products.Regarding the criticism that "the CFTC did not provide opportunities for industry participation and feedback," the CFTC publicly solicited opinions on "perpetual contracts" and "24/7 trading" in April 2025 and received over 100 responses from industry participants, including several CFTC-registered entities. Additionally, concerning the view that the funding rate mechanism is believed to incur high costs and induce undesirable market behavior, after considering the costs of opening positions and rolling over traditional term futures contracts, the annualized holding cost of the perpetual contract funding rate is roughly equivalent to that of traditional futures. The funding rate mechanism actually helps maintain price anchoring.

Mike Selig, Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), published an article clarifying four major misconceptions about perpetual futures contracts.Regarding the misconception of "fixed expiration date": There is a viewpoint that the defined "futures contract" requires a fixed expiration date or delivery date, and the indefinite nature of perpetual contracts is inconsistent with congressional intent. Selig clarified that neither the Commodity Exchange Act nor CFTC regulations provide a clear definition of the term "futures contract," nor do they require a fixed expiration date or delivery date. Since Congress did not define the term, the criteria for its determination are provided by case law and committee interpretation, both of which do not require a fixed expiration date.Regarding the misconception of "high leverage": There is a viewpoint that the CFTC approved a futures contract allowing Americans to use leverage of up to 250 times when approving the BTCPERP contract, violating its own rules. Selig clarified that extreme leverage has been a characteristic of trading perpetual contracts in offshore venues since their inception, and is not inherent to the contract structure itself. The perpetual contracts regulated by the CFTC are subject to the same leverage limits as other futures contracts regulated by the CFTC.Regarding the misconception of "public opinion": There is a viewpoint that the CFTC did not provide the industry with an opportunity to participate or express opinions. Selig clarified that the CFTC released a request for comments on "perpetual contracts" and "24/7 trading" in April 2025, soliciting public input, and received over 100 comments from a wide range of stakeholders, including many registered entities regulated by the CFTC.Regarding the misconception of "funding rates": There is a viewpoint that the funding rate mechanism imposes unique and prohibitively high costs on market participants, fostering bad behavior in the market. Selig clarified that after considering the costs associated with opening positions and rolling over contracts with expiration dates, the annualized cost of holding futures contracts with expiration dates is roughly equivalent to that of perpetual contracts. The funding rate mechanism is far from fostering bad behavior; rather, it is a constraint tool that keeps the contract linked to the underlying spot market.

According to official news, Michael S. Selig, Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), announced two senior personnel appointments: Donald Battle as Chief Data Innovation Officer, serving in the data department and joining the innovation working group; J Matthew Haws as Senior Advisor to the Chairman's Office and Head of the Chicago Region.Among them, Battle previously served in the cryptocurrency working group and the data science group of the enforcement division at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), possessing experience in blockchain forensics, data science, and anti-money laundering; Haws has over 13 years of legal and compliance experience in the derivatives market.

According to official news, the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has announced the launch of perpetual futures products regulated by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), officially open to U.S. traders.This product marks a significant expansion of the compliant cryptocurrency derivatives market in the U.S., allowing traders to participate in perpetual contract trading for the first time within a regulatory framework.

According to Bloomberg, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is considering whether to block the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group (CME) from launching an application for around-the-clock crude oil contracts. A senior CFTC official stated that continuous trading may not be suitable for crude oil, as it could exacerbate already extreme volatility during periods of geopolitical tension. CME announced last Thursday plans to launch crude oil and gold futures contracts that would be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, which surprised the CFTC. The new crude oil contract will be one-tenth the size of the existing micro WTI futures contract and is scheduled to go live on August 30, pending regulatory review. A week ago, the CEO of CME expressed "serious concerns" to the CFTC about clearing the way for cryptocurrency perpetual contracts. The CFTC stated it would evaluate perpetual contract applications on a case-by-case basis, noting that certain assets may not be suitable for this product.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Market Oversight Division has issued a waiver to designated contract markets (DCM), allowing them to convert existing perpetual digital commodity futures contracts into true digital commodity perpetual futures contracts.According to the waiver, DCM can remove the expiration date of the existing perpetual digital commodity futures contracts and implement relevant modifications to convert them into true digital commodity perpetual futures contracts. The conversion is contingent upon meeting several customer protection and procedural conditions specified in the waiver. These conditions include: soliciting feedback from market participants holding open positions; providing advance notice and an opportunity to close positions; offering appropriate risk disclosures; and ensuring that no other substantive contract terms are modified.

Former CFTC and SEC Chairman Gary Gensler submitted an amicus brief to the appellate court, arguing that federal law does not grant his former agency, the CFTC, the authority to regulate sports-related prediction markets.Several other entities have submitted similar amicus briefs, stating that sports-related prediction markets violate state and tribal regulatory provisions. Courts in various parts of the United States are currently deliberating whether sports-related prediction markets should be regulated at the state or federal level, with related rulings involving tax collection and other regulatory matters.

According to informed sources, the CFTC is proposing a comprehensive set of new rules to regulate prediction markets. The parameters of these rules will continue to allow most sports-related betting while striving to avoid obvious manipulation.According to a draft of the proposed rules seen by The Wall Street Journal, the U.S. CFTC will introduce new regulations on Wednesday, seeking to prevent predictive bets that it believes are not in the public interest or are easily manipulable, such as in cases where one person may have an undue influence on the outcome.The agency's proposal does not directly prohibit trading any specific type of so-called event contracts but outlines the factors under which regulators will review certain types of contracts on a case-by-case basis.The U.S. CFTC has previously provided some preliminary guidance on which types of bets should be avoided, and Kalshi and other prediction platforms have taken action in advance.Additionally, informed sources revealed that the CFTC is considering other rules, including those aimed at protecting retail traders.

According to The Block, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Michael Selig, questioning whether the agency is capable of taking on greater regulatory responsibilities for cryptocurrency and prediction markets. Warren pointed out that CFTC's staff has decreased by about 25%, and enforcement activities have significantly declined, stating that expanding responsibilities would be a "recipe for disaster." She criticized the CFTC's handling of cases involving Gemini, Polymarket, and Crypto.com, and noted that officials attempting to raise concerns about the relevant companies have been sidelined from the agency. Selig insisted that prediction markets and event contracts fall under CFTC's "exclusive jurisdiction," and the agency has even sued several states attempting to ban the operation of prediction market platforms. In her letter, Warren requested the agency to provide records related to personnel changes, communications with prediction market companies, and the Clarity Act.

According to Bloomberg, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has canceled its planned headquarters relocation and will renew its lease at the current location for five years to accommodate up to 100 new employees in response to industry growth and regulatory demands. The CFTC is striving to become the primary regulatory body for prediction markets, and if the Clarity Act is passed, establishing its status as the main regulator of the cryptocurrency industry, the workload is expected to increase further.Meanwhile, the CFTC recently offered a deferred resignation plan to about 50 employees and has provided buyouts to some long-term employees. Data from the Federal Personnel Management Agency shows that the agency's workforce has decreased by nearly 25% since 2024, leaving only 553 employees as of April. The CFTC is seeking to increase its total number of employees to 650 in its budget request for fiscal year 2027. Additionally, under a White House executive order, 25 positions (including policy advisors and senior legal advisors) have been reclassified, removing civil service protections, allowing these employees to be dismissed at any time.

According to an official statement from the U.S. SEC, Jamie Selway, the Director of the Division of Trading and Markets at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), stated at the Piper Sandler Global Exchanges and Fintech Conference that Chairman Paul Atkins has instructed the division to advance the framework for the listing and trading of security tokens, with the guiding principle of "promoting innovation without creating regulatory arbitrage."

According to Cointelegraph, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced on June 4 the abolition of the "no denial" policy that had been in place for nearly 30 years. This policy, in effect since 1998, required defendants to commit to not publicly denying the CFTC's allegations when settling.CFTC Chairman Mike Selig stated that this move aligns with the overall direction of various government regulatory agencies and grants the commission greater flexibility in enforcement settlements. Previously, the SEC had taken the lead in abolishing a similar policy in May.

According to BBX data, yesterday the intertwining news of traditional finance's entry into cryptocurrency and corporate reserve exits presented the following core dynamics:SoFi Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: $SOFI) announced through a BusinessWire official press release that its SoFiUSD stablecoin has officially opened to approximately 14.7 million members within the SoFi app, supporting buying, selling, holding, and conversion, becoming the first national bank in U.S. history to embed its own stablecoin within a banking app (the issuer is SoFi Bank, N.A., regulated by the OCC). SoFiUSD (on-chain code SOFID) is pegged 1:1 to the U.S. dollar and can be used on the Ethereum and Solana networks, with reserves backed by liquid assets and subject to regular independent CPA audits; in the coming weeks, tokenized deposits and 24/7 cross-border transfer functions will be launched, and an institutional trading channel will be opened in collaboration with Bullish exchange. SoFi CEO Anthony Noto stated, "Users no longer have to choose between blockchain technology and regulated bank products." The company's Q1 2026 crypto trading revenue reached $121.6 million, with a net income of approximately $852,000 after costs; SoFiUSD is not insured by FDIC or SIPC, does not constitute legal tender, and on-chain transactions are generally irreversible.Coinbase Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: $COIN) and the prediction market platform Kalshi announced that the two platforms have received approval from the CFTC to launch cryptocurrency perpetual contract products for U.S. customers, becoming the first exchanges approved to offer such products within the U.S.; this move by the CFTC officially brings perpetual contracts from a regulatory gray area into the federal derivatives legal framework, and a policy statement was released simultaneously, indicating that future applications for perpetual contracts in other asset classes will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. In 2025, the global trading volume of cryptocurrency perpetual contracts reached $61.7 trillion (up 29% year-on-year, according to CryptoQuant data), and the U.S. previously lacked regulated domestic trading venues. This approval is expected to drive a significant amount of institutional and retail funds back from offshore platforms to compliant channels in the U.S., with several other exchanges expected to follow suit with applications.Sequans Communications S.A. (NASDAQ: $SQNS) CEO Georges Karam clearly announced during the recent Q1 2026 earnings call that the company has completely terminated its previously initiated Bitcoin treasury reserve strategy. The company began its cryptocurrency layout in June 2025, raising approximately $384 million through debt and equity financing, and quickly accumulated 3,000 BTC by the end of July 2025; however, the crypto market crash in October 2025 triggered the company to deleverage, selling 970 BTC in November 2025 and another 1,025 BTC in Q1 2026; as of now, it holds approximately 658 BTC (completely debt-free, worth about $46.8 million), and the company stated it will gradually liquidate over time, with all funds returning to its core chip business. Sequans is an IoT/5G semiconductor company, and this case is one of the most significant "failed corporate Bitcoin reserve strategy cases" in 2026.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has released the "Draft Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2026-2030" and is seeking public comments. The goals proposed in the draft include "providing a solid regulatory foundation for digital assets and distributed ledger technology through a rational, coherent, and principle-based approach."The document points out that a modernized framework will also ensure that custody, trading, and staking services can operate under appropriate regulation, avoiding duplicative or conflicting requirements, while clarifying jurisdictional issues between the SEC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. This coordination aims to ensure that the crypto market has clear, principled, regulation-based rules of the game, promoting innovation while maintaining the highest level of investor protection. Furthermore, the document suggests that the agency's responsible use of artificial intelligence and blockchain technology could further enhance regulation, reduce costs, and unlock new efficiencies.