CFTC Chairman Michael Selig issued a statement on November 3, 2026, clearing perpetual futures on single equities to trade on CFTC-registered exchanges as joint CFTC-SEC security futures

Futures, options, and perpetual swaps tied to digital-asset prices, letting traders hedge or lever positions and often dwarfing spot volumes.

Ongoing legal fight over which digital assets count as securities under investor-protection law and which are commodities, determining whether the SEC or CFTC oversees them.