Catenaa, Thursday, February 12, 2026- The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has appointed cryptocurrency executives and traditional finance leaders to a new 35-member Innovation Advisory Committee tasked with guiding oversight of emerging technologies in financial markets.
CFTC Chair Michael S. Selig said the panel will advise the agency on how to address technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain as they reshape trading and derivatives markets. The move signals continued efforts by the regulator to modernize digital asset oversight and encourage financial innovation.
The committee includes senior figures from major blockchain networks and crypto firms. Among them are Vivek Raman of Etherealize, Anatoly Yakovenko of Solana Labs, Brad Garlinghouse of Ripple, Sergey Nazarov of Chainlink Labs and Hayden Adams of Uniswap Labs.
Executives from centralized exchanges Bullish, Coinbase, Crypto.com, Gemini and Kraken were also named, alongside representatives from trading platforms Bitnomial and Robinhood. Founders of prediction markets Polymarket and Kalshi joined the advisory group.
Venture capital firms active in digital assets are represented, including a16z crypto, Framework Ventures and Paradigm. Traditional market infrastructure companies such as Cboe, CME Group, DTCC, Nasdaq and the Options Clearing Corporation are also part of the panel.
The advisory body comes as the CFTC and the Securities and Exchange Commission advance Project Crypto, an initiative examining updates to digital asset regulation. The agency has indicated it seeks clearer rules for emerging products while maintaining market integrity.
The committee will meet periodically and deliver recommendations as the CFTC considers regulatory adjustments for evolving technologies.
