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tZERO Group, a financial market infrastructure provider, announced that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has approved its wholly-owned subsidiary tZERO DCM, LLC to register as a designated contract market (DCM), allowing it to operate a regulated derivatives exchange. Previously, on October 16, the CFTC approved tZERO DCO, LLC to register as a derivatives clearing organization (DCO). Currently, tZERO can support derivatives trading and clearing through its regulated entities.The two registrations will be incorporated into tZERO's infrastructure as a service (IaaS) business, developing trading and clearing services for financial institutions and other market participants. According to the merger agreement signed between tZERO and FG Imperii Acquisition Corp. on October 31, both DCM and DCO have been approved to constitute the first contingent milestone condition, which has now been met. tZERO's existing regulated securities infrastructure includes broker-dealers, alternative trading systems, digital asset securities custody, transfer agents, as well as clearing and settlement services.

This week, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) submitted a court brief (amicus brief) in support of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Previously, the CFTC was sued by the Capital Markets Alliance (CMA) last week, which sought to overturn the CFTC's approval of individual stock perpetual derivatives. CMA is an industry organization with members including Cboe and Citadel Securities.In the brief, the SEC rebutted CMA's claim that the CFTC has "gone rogue," stating that the CFTC's new rule changes are also subject to SEC review, and that the SEC and CFTC frequently collaborate, which is crucial for regulating stock perpetual contracts. The SEC indicated that its brief clarifies that the description of "CFTC out of control, SEC absent" is incorrect. CMA claimed in the lawsuit that the CFTC violated the Administrative Procedure Act because these perpetual derivatives should fall under SEC jurisdiction and requested the court to "overturn the approval."Subsequently, several cryptocurrency companies, including Coinbase, Kraken's parent company Payward, Kalshi, DRW Holdings, Paradigm, and Jump Trading, submitted a joint brief opposing CMA. Among them, Coinbase, Kalshi, and Payward have submitted applications to the CFTC for listing stock perpetual contracts linked to U.S. stocks, which were considered approved on November 2. The economic advocacy organization Better Markets and former SEC Commissioner Allison Herren Lee also submitted a brief, arguing that these new products should be regulated by the SEC. Better Markets stated that these products are essentially security swaps and should be regulated by the SEC to provide strong investor protection.

Former Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chris Giancarlo stated in an interview with Bitcoin Magazine that the Democratic Party has taken control of both houses of Congress, and the direction of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency regulation will face new challenges. He pointed out that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and CFTC have clarified their respective regulatory scopes, and currently, both sides are cooperating smoothly.Giancarlo believes that the upcoming debate over regulatory jurisdiction "is less about good regulation and more about territory." He also mentioned that the progress made by the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) in tokenized collateral indicates that regardless of how Washington's policies change, Wall Street is moving towards digital network finance.Giancarlo, known as "Crypto Dad" for his long-standing support of the cryptocurrency industry, also discussed topics such as stablecoin regulation, the regulatory status of prediction markets and perpetual contracts, as well as central bank digital currencies in this interview.

According to a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, the operator of the sports prediction market Novig, Ludlow Exchange, had its application to block a preliminary injunction regarding the applicability of betting laws in New York State denied.The court determined at the preliminary injunction stage that Novig's sports event contracts do not fall under the definition of swap contracts as defined by the Commodity Exchange Act, allowing New York State to require it to obtain a state betting license or prohibit the relevant contracts from being listed and traded in its market. The ruling document shows that Novig was designated as a contract market by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission in June 2026 and began offering sports event contracts to New York customers in August.

According to POLITICO, sources have revealed that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has warned that the prediction market platform Kalshi may soon face charges. The CFTC is investigating whether Kalshi failed to follow the notification procedures required by regulators for dozens of new contracts that are set to be launched, and this investigation has been ongoing for several months.A spokesperson for Kalshi responded that the CFTC's warning pertains to "procedural errors in the submission process of a few contracts," many of which have not yet gone live, and the company is addressing the related issues. Additionally, the CFTC is also investigating Polymarket.

Coinbase legal advisor Molly Abraham stated that six institutions, including Coinbase, prediction market platform Kalshi, Kraken's parent company Payward, DRW Holdings, Jump Trading, and Paradigm, have applied to the U.S. court to submit amicus curiae briefs in support of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regarding its regulatory authority over individual perpetual contracts.The related institutions argue that, according to the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulatory framework for securities futures established by the U.S. Congress in 2000, such products should be classified as securities futures rather than securities swaps. The aforementioned institutions also believe that preventing innovative products from being compliant and listed in the U.S. will only drive trading activities offshore.

According to The Block, the prediction market broker River Markets stated that its affiliate River Finance LLC has registered as a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in the United States and has joined the National Futures Association (NFA), allowing it to hold customer accounts and manage customer funds.River Markets is building a primary brokerage platform for prediction markets aimed at institutional traders, planning to enable clients to manage funds, positions, and risks across multiple exchanges and clearinghouses through a single account, and to support financing arrangements and approved over-the-counter trading.The company was established in May of this year and claims to have transferred over 250 million contracts for clients such as hedge funds and proprietary trading firms, having previously completed a $8.5 million seed round of financing.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) reported that as of the week ending November 3, stock fund speculators reduced their net short positions in the CME S&P 500 Index by 27,501 contracts, to 345,246 contracts.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Clearing and Risk Division issued a no-action letter clarifying whether derivatives clearing organizations can use trust companies for the daily settlement of clearing members.The letter states that derivatives clearing organizations may consider trust companies as settlement banks that meet applicable CFTC requirements, allowing them to use these for daily settlements.

Hyperliquid Strategies (PURR), a digital asset treasury platform listed on NASDAQ, disclosed in its quarterly financial report for the period ending September 30, 2026, that its subsidiary has submitted an application to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) seeking registration as a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM). If regulatory approval is granted, this FCM will handle U.S. customer accounts for the licensed market deployed under the HIP-3* framework, enabling the company to bring perpetual contracts to U.S. customers within a regulated framework. The company also stated that it cannot guarantee the timeline or final outcome of the application approval.In terms of financial data, the company recorded a revenue of $13.3 million for the quarter, of which $12.3 million came from staking income and validator commissions related to HYPE holdings, and $1 million was interest income; net income was $620.6 million, primarily from unrealized gains of $803 million on HYPE tokens, with a provision for income tax of $172.3 million. As of September 30, the company had total assets of $3.7643 billion, holding approximately 38.52 million HYPE, valued at $3.5053 billion based on a price of $90.99 per token, along with cash and cash-equivalents of $254.6 million, shareholder equity of $3.403 billion, and no debt.During this quarter, the company raised $911 million through committed equity financing instruments and deployed $802 million, of which $785 million was used to purchase 9.1 million HYPE, increasing the treasury holdings from 29.3 million as of June 30 to 38.52 million, and an additional $17 million was used to repurchase 2.7 million PURR shares. The validator node in collaboration with Unit has become the largest non-foundation validator node in the network. Hyperliquid recently announced that it will add deployer functionality under HIP-3*, allowing independent operators to operate their own licensed markets in a compliant manner, while the underlying chain remains a neutral infrastructure layer.

Institutional-level cryptocurrency platform Anchorage Digital has submitted a swap dealer registration application to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to expand its institutional cryptocurrency options business. The application was submitted through Anchorage Digital Swap Dealer, LLC to the National Futures Association (NFA) and is currently awaiting NFA's review. The company's CEO and co-founder Nathan McCauley did not provide a timeline for the completion of the review, only stating that further progress will be announced at the appropriate time.McCauley stated that if the application is approved, Anchorage Digital Swap Dealer plans to offer European-style options for Bitcoin and Ethereum, with a maximum term of one year, and will subsequently launch more products as it meets its own approval processes and regulatory requirements. Once the registration is complete, institutional clients will be able to trade digital asset derivatives with CFTC-registered counterparties while also utilizing Anchorage Digital's existing custody and other services.Anchorage Digital noted that the growth of its existing options business primarily comes from publicly traded companies holding Bitcoin and Ethereum on their balance sheets, with asset management firms and funds using options to manage exposure also contributing. Anchorage Digital Bank, N.A. became the first federally licensed digital asset bank in 2021, regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; this swap dealer entity will adhere to CFTC requirements regarding capital, risk management, and margin, applying the same framework used for interest rate, credit, and foreign exchange market banks under the Dodd-Frank Act. In March of this year, Anchorage Digital added collateral management features to the Atlas platform, and in December of last year, it acquired the wealth management division of Securitize.

The NFA has approved PM Derivatives LLC, a subsidiary of Polymarket, to operate as a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM). An NFA spokesperson stated that the subsidiary has met all requirements for FCM registration, but actual futures brokerage operations still require approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).If approved, PM Derivatives will be able to act as an intermediary to receive customer orders and funds; Polymarket stated that the subsidiary plans to adopt a full collateral model, requiring customers to provide sufficient funds for the entire position at the time of the transaction. The CFTC is currently still investigating Polymarket.

According to The Defiant, a group supported by Cboe has filed a lawsuit regarding the approval of individual stock perpetual contracts by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and is seeking emergency relief to prevent the relevant contracts from being listed as securities futures.The lawsuit names Coinbase, Kalshi, and Bitnomial as defendants. Kalshi is a prediction market platform regulated by the CFTC, while Bitnomial operates a cryptocurrency derivatives trading business. The plaintiffs hope to intervene with emergency relief before the relevant contracts are officially listed.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has approved the first batch of perpetual futures contracts linked to U.S. individual stocks, allowing such products to be listed and traded on regulated exchanges in the U.S. for the first time.This means that U.S. investors will be able to trade individual stock perpetual contracts through regulated markets, further expanding the crossover between traditional stocks and the cryptocurrency derivatives market.

The U.S. Digital Chamber urges Congress to pass a special bill before the recess, granting the CFTC regulatory authority over cryptocurrency exchanges and strengthening customer fund segregation. Lummis stated that the Clarity Act could provide legal protection for freezing suspicious transactions.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) reported that for the week ending October 27, stock fund speculators increased their net short positions in the S&P 500 CME by 24,072 contracts, bringing the total to 372,747 contracts; stock fund managers increased their net long positions in the S&P 500 CME by 23,050 contracts, bringing the total to 917,513 contracts.

The founder and CEO of trading company DRW, Don Wilson, published an article raising several questions about the New York Stock Exchange's parent company's push to introduce the decentralized perpetual contract platform Hyperliquid to the U.S. market. He also expressed gratitude to CFTC Chairman Selig and the Trump administration for making such experiments possible and stated that only the market can determine whether an arrangement is useful.Don Wilson: What are the benefits of trading perpetual contracts on a regulated exchange in an on-chain manner? He believes the main advantage of on-chain trading is the reduction of friction in a trustless, identity-verification-free environment, or receiving the purchased assets in real-time through atomic transactions; however, perpetual contracts themselves are not assets, so the latter benefit does not apply.He also specifically mentioned Stan Druckenmiller, asking whether he is aware that positions and transactions on Hyperliquid can be tracked in real-time and whether he sees this as an advantage. Additionally, he noted that Hyperliquid's priority fee mechanism allows participants to pay to see information earlier or to move their orders ahead in the queue, and he inquired whether this aligns with CFTC core principles.Don Wilson further asked whether the liquidity of offshore order books can be merged with onshore order books; if not, whether listing perpetual contracts on regulated exchanges using traditional centralized order books is preferable to bearing the inefficiencies brought by on-chain matching.Previously, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and trade[XYZ] announced plans to deploy a perpetual contract market covering crypto assets, stocks, commodities, foreign exchange, and other physical assets for U.S. traders based on Hyperliquid infrastructure, pending regulatory approval, with ICE operating the regulated market and clearing framework.

According to a Reuters report citing an interview with CNBC, Michael Selig, the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), stated that the CFTC hopes to provide a federal-level option for exchanges like Binance to register with the CFTC in light of the recent hacking incident.Selig previously mentioned that federal registration is a voluntary path for exchanges rather than a mandatory requirement, and that requiring all cryptocurrency exchanges to register can only be achieved through congressional legislation; however, retail cryptocurrency trading involving margin, leverage, or financing must fall under federal regulation.The CFTC issued a notice of proposed rulemaking regarding relevant retail cryptocurrency trading rules on October 5, with the comment period ending on December 14.