On Monday, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission chair Mike Selig unveiled a new Innovation Advisory Committee. It will guide rules for blockchain, artificial intelligence and other emerging market technologies, the agency stated, and Selig also posted the announcement on X.
The committee replaces the Technology Advisory Committee to help shape practical, forward-looking market rules. The group will advise on the “commercial, economic, and practical considerations of emerging products, platforms, and business models in the financial markets”, Selig said.
“Innovators are harnessing technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, and cloud computing to modernize legacy financial systems and build entirely new ones.” The committee aims to prepare the CFTC for faster, cheaper, and more transparent 24/7 markets.
Selig intends to nominate the 12 CEO Innovation Council participants as charter members. Charter members named include crypto executives Tyler Winklevoss of Gemini, Shayne Coplan of Polymarket, Tarek Mansour of Kalshi, Kris Marszalek of Crypto.com, and Arjun Sethi of Kraken.
Traditional market leaders also appear on the list, including Jeff Sprecher of Intercontinental Exchange, Craig Donohue of Cboe Global Markets, and Adena Friedman of Nasdaq. Selig is accepting additional nominations through Jan. 31, 2026, and the CFTC will consider views from regulators, academia, and public interest groups.
Venture firm Andreessen Horowitz urged aligned public–private efforts to secure U.S. technological leadership. The firm warned, “If America fails to win technologically, it will lose economically, militarily, geopolitically, and culturally. And the entire world will lose as well.”
