CFTC and SEC to Hold Joint Event on Harmonization, U.S. Financial Leadership in the Crypto Era

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) — public remarks / fireside chat with SEC · January 30, 2026

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Opening remarks — SEC chair introduction

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Paul Atkins (SEC chairman) opened the event, thanked attendees for reconvening after weather delays and introduced CFTC chairman Michael Selig. Atkins framed the session as the launch of a major interagency initiative on crypto regulation.

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SEC Chairman Paul Atkins and CFTC Chairman Michael Selig announced "Project Crypto," a joint SEC–CFTC initiative to harmonize federal oversight of crypto markets. Both chairs outlined agency rulemaking priorities including a token taxonomy, codification of certain standards, onshoring novel derivatives and new DCM requirements; CFTC said it will withdraw a prior event-contracts proposal and pursue a new rulemaking.

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