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CFTC may gain broader crypto oversight as staff who questioned major firms were reportedly sidelined
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The CLARITY Act would expand CFTC crypto oversight as the New York Times says officials who questioned Polymarket, Crypto.com and Gemini-related plans were sidelined.
Key facts
- The commission's own current commissioners page, accessed May 25, says the CFTC is structured as a five-commissioner body and lists Michael S
- The CLARITY Act would expand CFTC crypto oversight as the New York Times says officials who questioned Polymarket, Crypto.com and Gemini-related plans were sidelined
- The White House denied conflicts of interest, and the CFTC declined to discuss specific personnel matters or case handling
- That record sits beside the staff-sidelining allegations, the single-current-commissioner structure, the Trump Media-Crypto
Summary
CFTC crypto oversight is moving toward a larger role under the CLARITY Act, but the agency that Congress may soon ask to police much of the US crypto market is facing a more immediate test of its own independence. A New York Times investigation reported that senior Commodity Futures Trading Commission officials who raised concerns about Polymarket, Crypto.com, and a Gemini-linked prediction-market plan were suspended, investigated, pushed out, or cut out of relevant discussions as agency leaders helped those firms secure favorable regulatory outcomes. That report lands directly on top of Washington’s crypto market-structure fight and the broader debate over CFTC crypto oversight. CryptoSlate recently reported that the bill would put the CFTC's crypto capacity to the test.