SEC and CFTC Release Joint Statement on Regulatory Harmonization

SEC Chairman Paul Atkins and Commodity Futures Trading Corporation (CFTC) Chairman Caroline Pham have released a joint statement on “regulatory harmonization opportunities.” Specifically, the statement focuses on the importance of the two agencies’ collaboration as part of their regulatory efforts to foster “innovation in both new markets and new products.” Topics covered in the statement include bringing American innovation home, expanding market trading hours, event contracts, perpetual contracts, portfolio margining, and innovation exemptions related to decentralized finance.

In addition, the SEC and CFTC have announced that they will be holding a roundtable on regulatory harmonization on September 29, 2025.

For more information, see the press release on the SEC’s Web site.