US CFTC Reorganizes Innovation Committee and Invites Cryptocurrency Industry Executives as Core Members

Recently, Mike Selig, Chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), announced the formation of a new 'Innovation Advisory Committee'.

The initial 'founder members' of this committee will be directly invited from leading figures in the cryptocurrency industry, including Tyler Winklevoss, co-founder of Gemini, and Arjun Sethi, CEO of Kraken, among other key executives from cryptocurrency firms.

Looking at the composition, the committee includes not only executives from cryptocurrency companies but also representatives from prediction market platforms such as Polymarket and Kalshi, as well as traditional financial giants like Nasdaq and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group, reflecting a cross-sector collaborative approach.

This move is seen as a landmark initiative by the newly appointed CFTC Chairman Mike Selig, aiming to strengthen the agency's regulatory capabilities and industry engagement in the rapidly evolving digital asset landscape.

The newly established Innovation Committee not only continues the structure of the technology-focused CEO group hastily formed by former Acting Chair Caroline Pham before her departure, but Chairman Selig has also integrated the previous technology group into the Innovation Committee, demonstrating a consistent vision between the two leadership teams to merge regulation with innovation.

Chairman Selig stated in a statement that the committee's mission is to assist the CFTC in developing 'appropriate market structure regulations' for emerging fintech domains. He emphasized that innovators are reshaping the financial system through technologies like artificial intelligence and blockchain, and regulatory bodies must keep pace with this evolution.

To this end, the CFTC has restructured its existing Technology Advisory Committee and incorporated it into the five external advisory committee frameworks, aiming to systematically gather cutting-edge expertise and provide robust guidance for policy formulation.

In summary, the CFTC's reorganization clearly establishes its proactive role in US digital asset regulation and shifts crypto regulation from passive observation to a constructive governance model that actively integrates diverse industry voices.

This pivotal shift aims to balance technological innovation with market stability, laying a solid foundation for the long-term development of US crypto regulation.

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