TREE NEWS update: The CFTC filed a crypto market rulemaking with the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs on Sept. 17, covering “Regulation Crypto Asset Transactions and Regulation Crypto Asset Markets” under RIN 3038-AF80. OIRA lists the filing at the prerule stage, not as a proposed rule. The submission came two days after the Senate blocked the CLARITY Act.
CFTC Sends Crypto Market Rulemaking to White House at Prerule Stage
AI take
The timing is the story: a pre-rule submission landing days after the Senate blocked the CLARITY Act suggests the agency is staking out its own turf rather than waiting on Congress. Pre-rule status matters because it signals intent without binding obligations or a public comment clock, keeping the substance opaque for now. For crypto and tokenized-asset businesses, the open question is whether this becomes a genuine rulemaking or remains a placeholder while the legislative fight plays out.
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