# CFTC Opens Rulemaking for Leveraged Retail Crypto Trading in the U.S.

By Riza Dagoc

Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/26896
Published: 2026-10-05T22:13:55.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-05T22:13:55.000Z
Section: Regulation

> The proposal would give registered exchanges an option to offer margined or leveraged trades, while leaving any mandatory move to federally regulated platforms to Congress.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission opened a rulemaking process that could give registered U.S. exchanges a federal framework for leveraged retail crypto trading, creating an onshore option for customers seeking those products.

The agency’s Oct. 5 advance notice requests public input on retail commodity transactions involving crypto assets, which it calls CTXs. It is also considering a crypto asset market category within designated contract market registration. CFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig said exchanges using the framework could offer customers trading on a margined, leveraged or financed basis.

The proposal would not require crypto assets to trade on CFTC-registered platforms. Selig said congressional action would be needed to impose that requirement. The notice seeks input that could guide later agency action; it does not establish final rules.

The CFTC is considering how delivery of crypto to an external, non-custodial wallet within 28 days would generally satisfy the existing actual-delivery exception for certain transactions. Comments are due 60 days after the notice appears in the Federal Register.