CFTC Announces Crypto CEO Forum to Launch Digital Asset Markets Pilot
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Release Number 9049-25
CFTC Announces Crypto CEO
Forum to Launch Digital Asset Markets Pilot
February 07,
2025
WASHINGTON, D. C. — The Commodity Futures Trading
Commission will hold a CEO Forum of industry-leading firms to discuss
the launch of the CFTC’s digital asset markets pilot program for
tokenized non-cash collateral such as stablecoins. Participants will
include Circle, Coinbase, Crypto. com, MoonPay and Ripple. Further
information on the CEO Forum will be released once details are
finalized. “I’m excited to announce this groundbreaking initiative
for U. S. digital asset markets,” said Acting Chairman Caroline D.
Pham. “The CFTC is committed to responsible innovation. I look forward
to engaging with market participants to deliver on the Trump
Administration’s promise of ensuring that America leads the way on
economic opportunity. ” Acting Chairman Pham has previously proposed a
CFTC pilot program as a U. S. regulatory sandbox to provide regulatory
clarity for digital asset markets and ensure that robust guardrails
are in place. The CFTC has had success with pilot programs dating back
to the 1990s. The CFTC’s Global Markets Advisory Committee, sponsored
by Acting Chairman Pham, released a recommendation last year by its
Digital Asset Markets Subcommittee on expanding the use of non-cash
collateral through distributed ledger technology. -CFTC-