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CFTC advancing crypto rules as regulators act while Congress stalls

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The CFTC says it is stepping into the gap where it has jurisdiction to regulate the leveraged and margin-dependent trading of crypto assets.

Michael Selig, US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chair, said the agency will act “with or without legislation,” to implement proposals that would give certain crypto platforms a clearer pathway to operate under the CFTC’s existing oversight. The proposed rules make use of ⁠a specific authority the CFTC has to

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