{"id":68534,"date":"2026-01-20T18:46:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T18:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=68534"},"modified":"2026-01-20T18:46:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T18:46:34","slug":"trumps-cftc-chief-launches-future-proof-initiative-heres-what-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=68534","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s CFTC Chief Launches &#8216;Future-Proof&#8217; Initiative\u2014Here&#8217;s What Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>CFTC chairman <strong>Michael S. Selig<\/strong> has launched a \u201cFuture-Proof\u201d initiative to rewrite crypto regulations and end enforcement-based policymaking that drove U.S. companies offshore.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CFTC Shifts From Lawsuits To Rule-Writing<\/h3>\n<p>Selig on Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChairmanSelig\/status\/2013613395837149505?s=20\">announced<\/a> the agency will stop using enforcement actions to set crypto policy and instead write formal rules through public notice-and-comment processes.<\/p>\n<p>The difference matters because formal rules are permanent and future administrations cannot easily reverse them.<\/p>\n<p>Biden-era agencies used guidance documents and enforcement actions, which Trump regulators erased on day one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will end regulation by enforcement and ensure new markets flourish at home with tailored rules,\u201d Selig wrote in a Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2026\/01\/20\/cftc-trump-administration-markets-regulation\/\">op-ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The CFTC will review all existing regulations designed for agricultural futures contracts and modernize them for blockchain assets, AI-powered trading, and prediction markets.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Crypto Companies Left The U.S.<\/h3>\n<p>The &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/01\/50015881\/trumps-cftc-chief-launches-future-proof-initiative-heres-what-changes?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Trump's\" cftc chief launches initiative what changes>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CFTC chairman Michael S. Selig has launched a \u201cFuture-Proof\u201d initiative to rewrite crypto regulations and end enforcement-based policymaking that drove U.S. companies offshore. CFTC Shifts From Lawsuits To Rule-Writing Selig on Tuesday announced the agency will stop using enforcement actions to set crypto policy and instead write formal rules through public notice-and-comment processes. The difference [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-68534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68534\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}