The Senate Needed 60 Votes to Give Crypto a Rulebook and Got 49. The CFTC Needed Zero, and Just Filed One With the White House.

Two days after CLARITY died 49-50, the CFTC quietly submitted 'Regulation of Crypto Asset Transactions and Crypto Asset Markets' to the White House regulatory office. The text is secret, but Chair Mike Selig already told us the plan: let unregistered crypto exchanges become CFTC-designated markets and offer leveraged spot trading to US retail under 'purpose-fit rules.' Selig on X: 'The CFTC is locked in and ready to ship.' The catch: a final rule may not land until late 2027, and the next commission can undo it.