SEC and CFTC Strike Historic Deal to Share Oversight of Crypto Markets as the Industry Exits the Gray Zone
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Regulations On March 11, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that formally ends what SEC Chairman Paul Atkins called decades of “regulatory turf wars.” Key Takeaways The SEC and CFTC signed a landmark MOU on March 11, 2026, ending decades of jurisdictional conflict over digital assets Bitcoin and Ethereum are now officially classified as commodities under CFTC oversight; ICOs and centralized tokens remain with the SEC The GENIUS Act covers stablecoins; the Clarity Act is moving through Congress to cement the full framework For the first time, crypto has a coherent regulatory home – the industry’s “Wild West” era is effectively over The memorandum a binding operational agreement between two federal agencies that have, for the better part of a decade, been pulling in opposite directions on one of the fastest-moving sectors in global finance. This is a significant moment. Not because it solves every open question in crypto regulation – it doesn’t – but because it signals a fundamental shift in how Washington intends to treat digital assets going forward. What the MOU Actually Does The agreement establishes coordinated oversight across cross-market examinations, risk monitoring, and economic analysis. The stated goal is to reduce duplicative burdens on firms that are currently subject to overlapping – and often contradictory – requirements from both agencies. More concretely, the MOU creates formal data-sharing protocols between the two commissions, launches a Joint Harmonization Initiative to streamline trade reporting and intermediary rules, and effectively ends the practice of parallel enforcement actions for the same conduct. Going forward, investigations will be shared. Rule interpretations will be consistent.CFTC Chair Michael S. Selig framed it directly: the goal is to eliminate “duplicative, burdensome rules” and close regulatory gaps. Atkins called the agreement a step toward…
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