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Stablecoins explained: Crypto’s big bang moment?
For years, Wall Street banks kept stablecoins at arm’s length. But now, even the most conservative parts of traditional finance are starting to recognise their potential. It feels like a seminal moment, but, as always with technological innovation, there are risks and challenges and questions of hype vs reality.
READ MORECFTC Chair pushes to 'future-proof' derivatives oversight
Michael Selig is wasting little time putting his stamp on the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission. A month after taking office as chair, Selig announced a “Future-Proof” initiative, directing CFTC staff to conduct a comprehensive review of the agency’s rules and regulations and modernise them to ensure a level playing field for new entrants and incumbents alike.
Surging volumes have prediction markets facing a legal reckoning in the US
January 27, 2026 CONTINUE READINGUK regulator simplifies commodity trading rules after industry pushback
January 23, 2026 CONTINUE READINGMarketVoice Podcast - Jeff Sprecher, Chair and CEO, Intercontinental Exchange
November 21, 2025 CONTINUE READINGViewpoint
12 January 2026
Viewpoint: Don’t let the January blues get you down
2025 was a year in which FIA members leaned in, worked together and delivered meaningful progress for global derivatives markets. We should take pride in how often our work translated into real-world outcomes.
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Surging volumes have prediction markets facing a legal reckoning in the US
Prediction markets, once a niche academic experiment, are colliding with US gambling laws, state regulators and a cautious Commodity Futures Trading Commission as volumes surge and courts weigh who has authority over bets on everything from elections to sports and world events. CONTINUE READING -
CFTC Chair pushes to 'future-proof' derivatives oversight
Michael Selig is wasting little time putting his stamp on the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission. A month after taking office as chair, Selig announced a “Future-Proof” initiative, directing CFTC staff to conduct a comprehensive review of the agency’s rules and regulations and modernise them to ensure a level playing field for new entrants and incumbents alike. CONTINUE READING -
UK regulator simplifies commodity trading rules after industry pushback
The Financial Conduct Authority said its revised framework for the Ancillary Activities Exemption will exclude exchange-traded derivatives from a new threshold test used to assess whether a firm’s commodity derivatives trading remains incidental to its core commercial business. CONTINUE READING -
People News – December / January 2026
Appointments, promotions and other people news in the derivatives industry CONTINUE READING -
FIA launches Markets Academy to expand global industry education
New platform brings IFM courses and FIA resources together under a single education hub CONTINUE READING -
Viewpoint: Don’t let the January blues get you down
2025 was a year in which FIA members leaned in, worked together and delivered meaningful progress for global derivatives markets. We should take pride in how often our work translated into real-world outcomes. CONTINUE READING
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