At the time of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's May 2026 approval of KalshiEX's Bitcoin perpetual futures contract, Michael Selig served as the agency's sole confirmed commissioner.

How governments worldwide set rules for digital assets through legislation, agency rulemaking, licensing regimes and court fights.

The first and largest cryptocurrency, spanning its price and adoption, mining, protocol politics, and its contested role as digital money and inflation hedge.

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