Listed spot cryptocurrency products will begin trading for the first time on U.S. federally regulated markets on Commodity Futures Trading Commission-registered futures exchanges.
“You Can Now Trade Cryptocurrencies for Spot on CFTC Exchanges,” CFTC Acting Chairman Caroline D. Pham wrote on a Thursday (December 4) job on social platform »
? You can now trade spot cryptocurrencies listed on @CFTC exchanges. We are working smarter and faster to protect Americans who deserve secure U.S. markets, not offshore exchanges??
– Caroline D. Pham (@CarolineDPham) December 4, 2025
The move is part of a plan by President Donald Trump’s administration to help the United States. to resume the leader in digital asset markets, Pham said in a THURSDAY press release of the CFTC.
The CFTC specifically aims to promote responsible innovation on futures exchanges by balancing regulatory flexibility and safeguards for traders, Pham said in the statement.
“Recent events on offshore exchanges have shown us how critical it is for Americans to have more choices and access to safe, regulated U.S. markets,” Pham said in the release. “Now, for the first time ever, spot cryptocurrencies can be traded on CFTC-registered exchanges that have been the gold standard for nearly a hundred years, with the customer protections and market integrity that Americans deserve. »
Derivatives Trading Company Bitnomial said on a Thursday press release that it plans to launch a leveraged retail spot crypto exchange operating under CFTC regulation during the week of December 8.
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The company will offer the exchange through its designated contracts marketplace, Bitnomial Exchange, and its derivatives clearinghouse, Bitnomial Clearinghouse, according to the release.
Founder and CEO of Bitnomial Luc Hoersten said in the release that the CFTC’s announcement makes leveraged spot crypto trading available under the same regulatory framework as US perpetuals, futures and options.
“We are bringing leveraged spot crypto trading back to the United States under CFTC oversight,” Hoersten said. “We are grateful to Chair Pham for her business-friendly approach to allowing regulated entities to use the full extent of statutory capabilities granted by U.S. law.”
The CFTC and the Securities and Exchange Commission said in September that exchanges registered by the CFTC and SEC are not prohibited to facilitate the trade of certain spot crypto asset products.
The regulators said in a joint declaration that they were work together has provide market players with trade choice of location And optionality.
