CFTC Chair Names Six Cryptocurrencies as Digital Commodities
- —Selig named BTC, ETH, SOL, XLM, XTZ and XRP as digital commodity examples
- —The assets were already covered by the March 2026 SEC-CFTC interpretation
- —CFTC is drafting rules for leveraged retail crypto transactions under CEA Section 2(c)(2)(D)
- —The CLARITY Act failed to advance in the Senate in September
Why it matters: The remarks raise the profile of the CFTC's stance on XRP and SOL, but do not replace market structure legislation stalled in Congress.
Source: UseTheBitcoin
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