CFTC’s new crypto framework could face 2028 election deadline, says TD Cowen
TD Cowen said the CFTC’s crypto trading rulemaking may not be in place until early 2028, with one note placing a formal proposal in late Q1 or early Q2 2027. The proposed work includes leveraged and margined trading rules, and one CFTC notice also outlines draft crypto market and transaction frameworks under existing commodity law.
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TD Cowen said the CFTC’s newly proposed rules for leveraged and margined crypto trading may arrive too late as the 2028 election cycle nears.
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A TD Cowen note placed the formal proposal window for the new crypto trading rules in late Q1 or early Q2 of 2027.
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Jaret Seiberg said the rulemaking could face legal challenges and fail to take effect as the 2028 election cycle approaches.
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The CFTC published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register on October 13, 2026, under docket RIN 3038-AF80.
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That notice outlined two draft frameworks, Regulation Crypto Asset Transactions and Regulation Crypto Asset Markets, under Section 2(c)(2)(D) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
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