CFTC LAUNCHES DIGITAL ASSETS PILOT

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CFTC Acting Chair Caroline Pham launched a pilot program allowing Bitcoin, Ether, and USDC as collateral in US derivatives markets for approved futures commission merchants with strict weekly disclosure requirements for the first three months and enhanced custody oversight. The agency withdrew 2020 guidance that blocked crypto collateral and issued a no-action letter permitting FCMs to hold digital assets in segregated customer accounts. Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal called it "precisely what the Administration and Congress intended the GENIUS Act to enable." The program extends to tokenized real-world assets like US Treasuries that meet enforceability, custody, and valuation standards under technology-neutral rules.