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Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Withdrawal of Interpretive Guidance: Retail Commodity Transactions Involving Certain Digital Assets
Published December 16, 2025. printed at 90 FR 58149.
A market watchdog had issued guidance on retail trades. This takes it back.
What the Rule Says It Does
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the "Commission" or "CFTC") is withdrawing the final interpretative guidance published on June 24, 2020, titled "Retail Commodity Transactions Involving Certain Digital Assets."
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- The rule itself
Commodity Futures Trading Commission, “Withdrawal of Interpretive Guidance: Retail Commodity Transactions Involving Certain Digital Assets,” 90 FR 58149 (December 16, 2025).
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/16/2025-22872/withdrawal-of-interpretive-guidance-retail-commodity-transactions-involving-certain-digital-assets - This page
“Withdrawal of Interpretive Guidance: Retail Commodity Transactions Involving Certain Digital Assets,” a final rule naming an order indexed here. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/rules/rule-2025-22872/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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