CFTC Innovation Council adds prediction market, exchange CEOs

The CFTC's new CEO Innovation Council includes leaders from crypto exchanges like Kraken and traditional stock exchanges such as Nasdaq to discuss market structure reforms.

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has added a host of blockchain industry executives alongside counterparts from traditional finance as part of the agency’s new CEO Innovation Council. 

According to an announcement on Wednesday, the CEO Innovation Council will discuss market structure developments relating to the derivatives markets overseen by the CFTC. 

The discussion topics will primarily be about “tokenization, crypto assets, 24/7 trading, perpetual contracts, prediction markets and blockchain market infrastructure.” 

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