SEC, CFTC Staff Offer Path to Register Spot Crypto Asset Trades

Signaling their readiness to help further open US markets to digital assets, two of Wall Street’s top regulators told operators of federally registered exchanges that listing certain spot crypto products isn’t prohibited.

In a joint statement Tuesday, staff at the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said the agencies will “promptly” review requests and answer questions from designated contract markets, foreign boards of trade, and national securities exchanges seeking to trade certain spot crypto assets.