The SEC and CFTC have distinct responsibilities. LTC follows their original records and the legal status of each action; an agency announcement does not establish approval of a token, a lending market or our community project.
This page restores the dedicated Washington desk from the reference. The dated items below are source-linked background checked October 4, 2026. They are not an automatically complete policy feed.
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SEC · Proposed rule · October 1, 2026
The SEC proposed changes concerning crypto-asset custody by registered investment advisers and regulated funds, including specified self-custody arrangements and state trust companies. The rule file is S7-2026-35. It remains a proposal, not a new blanket permission for onchain finance.
The rule page states that comments are due 60 days after Federal Register publication. The announcement date does not establish that deadline; an exact closing date was not confirmed in this review. Publication, final action and any effective date remain separate fields.
SEC: custody proposal announcement, October 1, 2026 ↗SEC: rule file S7-2026-35 ↗
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CFTC · Staff FAQ update · September 24, 2026
CFTC staff announced updated FAQs addressing tokenized forms of permitted customer-fund investments and blockchain recordkeeping. This is staff guidance concerning specified regulated activities, not a final Commission rule or blanket approval of decentralized lending.
The release builds on earlier staff positions. The exact September revision of the underlying FAQ PDF was not independently reconciled here, so this summary stays within the September announcement and does not enumerate new eligibility rights.
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SEC · Staff FAQ · Updated September 28, 2026
The Corporation Finance staff’s crypto-asset FAQ page distinguishes staff views from Commission rules. Its September 28 revision is part of the source record. A project-specific legal conclusion cannot be drawn from an isolated phrase or from an earlier version of the page.
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A changed route to the public record
CFTC’s Federal Register hub says its local collection stopped updating in April 2026. It directs readers to FederalRegister.gov. CFTC also directs comment files opened on or after April 28, 2026 to Regulations.gov. A working legacy link therefore does not prove current coverage.
The newsroom follows proposals, final rules, staff guidance, comments, enforcement records and calendars as distinct channels. Allegations, settlements and court findings keep their own labels. No automated comment submission or legal-clearance service is connected.
CFTC: Federal Register source migration ↗CFTC: current and legacy comment records ↗