Michael S. Selig

Michael Selig, Chair of the CFTC, focused on crypto clarity and modernizing on-chain and derivatives rules. Paul Atkins, former SEC Commissioner, now SEC Chair, pushing IPO reform and adapting securities law for digital assets. They discuss harmonizing SEC/CFTC approaches, crypto classification, IPO drought fixes, AI trading risks, prediction markets, accredited investor reform, and simplifying swap and reporting rules.

Michael Selig, newly sworn CFTC chairman who oversees derivatives and prediction markets. He discusses why oddball Super Bowl bets are regulated as financial contracts. He talks about age limits, market integrity, crypto risks like perpetual futures, and how the agency balances tradition with fast‑moving innovation.

Michael Selig, CFTC chairman and former SEC crypto task force counsel, talks regulation and market structure. He covers the CFTC’s evolving role in crypto. Prediction markets, perpetuals, Project Crypto and the Clarity Act get focused attention. Discussions include onshoring markets, intermediary definitions, and a pro-innovation tone for making the U.S. a crypto hub.

Michael Selig, Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, explains the rise of prediction markets and their economic roles. He discusses regulatory safeguards, how sports markets mirror derivatives, and risks like insider trading and violent‑outcome contracts. He also covers Polymarket’s U.S. status and the push to bring blockchain exchanges onshore.

Michael S. Selig, Chairman of the CFTC, a derivatives and commodities overseer coordinating crypto market structure. Paul S. Atkins, former SEC Commissioner and current SEC Chair, focused on modernizing securities law and Project Crypto. They discuss harmonizing SEC and CFTC rules, practical coordination steps like substituted compliance and MOUs, tokenized securities and innovation exemptions, and strategies to make the U.S. the crypto capital of the world.