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Regulation & Compliance

CFTC

Also called: Commodity Futures Trading Commission, futures regulator

The CFTC regulates US derivatives markets — futures, options on futures, and most swaps after Dodd-Frank extended its reach. The split with the SEC is jurisdictional rather than logical, and the boundary between a security and a commodity is the central legal question in crypto regulation, where both agencies have claimed authority over overlapping assets.

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