Overview

• The two U.S. market regulators are reportedly organizing a joint roundtable on September 29 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. to align approaches to DeFi and other crypto products.
• Planned discussion topics include decentralized finance protocols plus regulation of perpetual contracts and other derivatives.
• The initiative seeks to ease years of uncertainty created by the SEC treating many tokens as securities while the CFTC views others as commodities.
• The SEC’s rulemaking agenda includes broad proposals to revamp crypto policies, signaling movement toward a comprehensive framework.
• The timing coincides with Senate consideration of a crypto bill intended to end agency turf battles and establish clearer market structure.