Tag: CFTC

  • Trump’s CFTC Pick Hails Blockchain as Society-Defining Tech

    Trump’s CFTC Pick Hails Blockchain as Society-Defining Tech

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    Yashika Gupta

    US President Donald Trump’s nominee to chair the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Brian Quintenz, has made bold declarations about blockchain’s future, calling it a “horizontal technology” capable of transforming not only finance but society at large. In remarks prepared for his Senate confirmation hearing, Quintenz underlined the urgent need for a clear and robust…

  • CFTC Eyes Stablecoins as Collateral in Tokenization Pilot

    CFTC Eyes Stablecoins as Collateral in Tokenization Pilot

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    Oscar

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), under Acting Chairman Caroline Pham, is advancing a pilot program to explore stablecoin-backed tokenization. This initiative aims to modernise market infrastructure by leveraging distributed ledger technology (DLT) for non-cash collateral. Pham, a Republican commissioner and Trump appointee, is leading the charge after her earlier proposal for a “regulatory…