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GENIUS Act: Signed Law ▲ Jul 18 2025| MiCA Status: Live ▲ Dec 2024| CLARITY Act: Senate Pending ▲ Jul 2025| Crypto Lobbying 2024: $202M PAC ▲ Fairshake| OECD CARF Countries: 75+ ▲ +12| CBDC Projects: 130+ Active ▲ Atlantic Council| FATF Travel Rule: 73% Compliant ▲ Jun 2025| Pro-Crypto Congress: 300+ Members ▲ +91| GENIUS Act: Signed Law ▲ Jul 18 2025| MiCA Status: Live ▲ Dec 2024| CLARITY Act: Senate Pending ▲ Jul 2025| Crypto Lobbying 2024: $202M PAC ▲ Fairshake| OECD CARF Countries: 75+ ▲ +12| CBDC Projects: 130+ Active ▲ Atlantic Council| FATF Travel Rule: 73% Compliant ▲ Jun 2025| Pro-Crypto Congress: 300+ Members ▲ +91|

Digital Commodities

CFTC and Digital Commodities: How the Futures Regulator Became a Crypto Arbiter

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has expanded its digital asset jurisdiction through enforcement, legislation, and rulemaking — becoming a central player in US crypto regulation alongside the SEC.

Donovan Vanderbilt · February 24, 2026 · 8 min read

FIT21 (Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act)

The 2024 House-passed legislation that established the decentralization test for crypto classification, gave the CFTC jurisdiction over digital commodity spot markets, and became the legislative foundation for the CLARITY Act.

Donovan Vanderbilt · February 24, 2026

FIT21: The Digital Asset Market Structure Act That Changed American Crypto Law

FIT21 — the Financial Innovation Technology for the 21st Century Act — passed the House 279-136 in May 2024. The first major US crypto bill to pass a chamber, it became the template for the CLARITY Act.

Donovan Vanderbilt · February 24, 2026 · 8 min read
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