CFTC Chair Selig: Anti-Crypto Forces Stifled Innovation; CFTC Opens New Financial Frontier

The significance here is less the criticism than the venue: a sitting CFTC chair framing digital assets as a frontier his agency intends to open, rather than a risk to contain. That reframes the regulator from enforcer to enabler, which matters most for US venues and token issuers weighing whether to build domestically. The open question is whether this rhetorical shift translates into formal rulemaking and clearer registration paths, or remains a posture that outlasts little beyond the current leadership.