List of Flash News about U.S. Senate confirmation
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2025-11-20 14:32 |
Mike Selig CFTC Chair Nomination Vote Today: Senate Agriculture Committee Decision; BTC and ETH Futures Oversight in Focus
According to @EleanorTerrett, the Senate Agriculture Committee will vote this afternoon to advance the nomination of @MikeSeligEsq for CFTC Chair, and if approved the nomination moves to a final vote by the full U.S. Senate (source: @EleanorTerrett on X, Nov 20, 2025). The CFTC is the primary U.S. regulator for derivatives markets, including Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) futures listed on U.S. exchanges (source: U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission; CME Group). The CFTC Chair sets the Commission’s rulemaking and enforcement agenda that governs market participants and exchanges, making today’s committee vote and any subsequent Senate floor vote key headline windows for traders of crypto-linked derivatives (source: U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission; @EleanorTerrett on X). |