CFTC Staff Releases Updates to FAQs Concerning Registrants and Registered Entity Activities Relating to Crypto Assets and Blockchain Technologies
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The CFTC staff updated FAQs on September 24, 2026 for registrants and registered entities dealing with crypto assets and blockchain technology. The updates address tokenized permitted assets, customer-fund investments, uncleared swaps margin, and blockchain-based regulatory records, while the material is framed as guidance rather than binding rules.
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Registrants and registered entities that handle customer funds, margin, or regulatory records now have updated CFTC staff guidance to consult. The detail that the FAQs address tokenized permitted assets and blockchain-based records matters immediately for firms that work with those items in daily operations.
In practice, the update changes the reference point for compliance discussions around Regulation 1.25 investments, uncleared swaps margin, and blockchain-based regulatory records. What stays the same is that the material is still guidance and not binding rules, so it does not itself create a new rulebook for those activities.
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| When | What happened | Figure |
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| 45 days ago | CFTC warns ‘mention market’ prediction contracts carry heightened manipulation risk event | 1 actors in common · 5 news media |
| 45 days ago | CFTC Chairman Selig says markets must prepare for ‘mass tokenization’ event | 1 actors in common · 2 news media |
| 45 days ago | SEC Clears Tokenized Stocks To Trade Onchain As CFTC Widens Software Relief event | 1 actors in common · 2 news media |