{"id":75670,"date":"2026-03-10T12:46:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=75670"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:46:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:46:49","slug":"america-is-the-crypto-capital-of-the-world-cftc-chair-declares-in-new-guidance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=75670","title":{"rendered":"America Is The &#8216;Crypto Capital Of The World,&#8217; CFTC Chair Declares In New Guidance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>CFTC Chair <strong>Michael Selig<\/strong> declared \u201cAmerica is now the crypto capital of the world\u201d on Monday, announcing guidance for non-custodial software developers, crypto asset taxonomy, and ending CFTC-SEC infighting through Project Crypto.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Non-Custodial Developer Guidance<\/h3>\n<p>Selig directed staff to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cftc.gov\/PressRoom\/SpeechesTestimony\/opaselig2\">provide<\/a> guidance on CFTC intermediary registration requirements for developers of non-custodial software systems like digital wallets and decentralized finance applications.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor too long, there has been an open question as to whether software providers trigger the CFTC\u2019s registration requirements. We intend to address this question head-on,\u201d Selig said.<\/p>\n<p>This guidance addresses a critical uncertainty that has plagued DeFi developers for years.<\/p>\n<p>Clarifying whether building non-custodial software triggers registration removes a major barrier preventing developers from building in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>CFTC staff is also considering new rules clarifying when leveraged, margined, or financed retail commodity transactions in crypto may be offered off-exchange under an \u201cactual delivery\u201d exception. <\/p>\n<p>The agency is examining classification of true crypto-perpetuals.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Project Crypto Initiative<\/h3>\n<p>Selig &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/03\/51155019\/america-is-the-crypto-capital-of-the-world-cftc-chair-declares-in-new-guidance?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"America\" is the capital of world cftc chair declares in new guidance>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CFTC Chair Michael Selig declared \u201cAmerica is now the crypto capital of the world\u201d on Monday, announcing guidance for non-custodial software developers, crypto asset taxonomy, and ending CFTC-SEC infighting through Project Crypto. The Non-Custodial Developer Guidance Selig directed staff to provide guidance on CFTC intermediary registration requirements for developers of non-custodial software systems like digital [&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-75670","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\/75670","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=75670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75670\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}