CFTC Issues Guidance on Tokenized Customer Funds and Blockchain Recordkeeping
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has updated its guidance on tokenized customer funds and blockchain recordkeeping. The agency's Market Participants Division, Division of Market Oversight, and Division of Clearing and Risk released new FAQs on September 24, 2026, clarifying how tokenized forms of permitted investments can fit within existing CFTC regulatory requirements.
CFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig stated that he is pleased to see staff update these FAQs consistent with the agency's ongoing efforts to provide regulatory clarity for the crypto industry.
The update adds four new answers and one revision, addressing two areas: how customer funds may be invested in tokenized forms of otherwise permitted investments, and how blockchain technology can satisfy recordkeeping requirements. Regulators said firms must ensure the tokenized form of an asset grants holders legal and economic rights that are the same as, or functionally equivalent to, the traditional form.
The CFTC posted the update on its official X account shortly after the press release went out, summarizing the two FAQ changes for registrants tracking the agency's tokenization guidance. The FAQs were originally released on March 20, 2026.