CFTC opens comment on crypto asset market framework under existing commodity authority

The CFTC has published an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on how it would regulate retail crypto asset transactions under section 2(c)(2)(D) of the Commodity Exchange Act. This segment covers what the agency is asking, the new registration category it is floating, and the 60-day clock now running for anyone who wants to shape the eventual rules.

• CFTC issued an ANPRM on retail crypto asset transactions under CEA section 2(c)(2)(D), published 5 October 2026.
• It floats codifying a "crypto asset market" as a subcategory of designated contract market registration purpose-built for crypto transactions.
• Comments are due within 60 days of Federal Register publication; the notice informs potential future rulemaking rather than proposing rules.