{"id":658549,"date":"2026-09-17T19:53:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T19:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/09\/17\/cftc-expands-regulatory-relief-for-passive-trading-software-providers\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T19:53:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T19:53:41","slug":"cftc-expands-regulatory-relief-for-passive-trading-software-providers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/09\/17\/cftc-expands-regulatory-relief-for-passive-trading-software-providers\/","title":{"rendered":"CFTC expands regulatory relief for passive trading software providers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CFTC<\/p>\n

The US regulator\u2019s move could make it easier for crypto wallets and other apps to offer access to regulated derivatives and prediction markets without registering as introducing brokers.\n<\/p>\n

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has expanded regulatory relief for \u201cpassive software\u201d providers that connect users to regulated derivatives firms and exchanges.<\/p>\n

In a no-action position issued Thursday, the agency\u2019s Market Participants Division said<\/a> it would not recommend enforcement against qualifying providers or their personnel for failing to register as introducing brokers or associated persons when facilitating trading with CFTC-registered firms and exchanges.<\/p>\n

The position could make it easier for crypto wallets and other apps to offer access to regulated derivatives, including perpetual contracts and prediction markets, without becoming CFTC-regulated introducing brokers themselves.<\/p>\n

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The US regulator\u2019s move could make it easier for crypto wallets and other apps to offer access to regulated derivatives and prediction markets without registering as introducing brokers. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has expanded regulatory relief for \u201cpassive software\u201d providers that connect users to regulated derivatives firms and exchanges. In a no-action position […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":658550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-658549","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/658550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}