On September 5, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") released a joint statement (the "Statement") outlining a renewed commitment to regulatory cooperation and harmonization, with a particular focus on fostering innovation in digital assets, crypto products, and emerging trading platforms.
Key Initiatives and Areas of Focus
Under the Trump administration, the agencies have seemed to move on from prior " turf wars " over crypto regulation in particular, following the call for greater interagency cooperation and joint rulemaking from the White House's recent digital asset policy report and the pending Digital Asset Market Clarity Act . In the Statement, the SEC and the CFTC announced several joint initiatives and po