The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) are gearing up for their upcoming public roundtable meeting scheduled for 29 September 2025.
To begin with, the meeting will focus on regulatory harmonisation across digital and traditional finance (TradFi), enabling the unification of fragmented oversight, since digital and TradFi often fall under different regulatory umbrellas.
Importantly, the roundtable discussions signal legitimacy. With top crypto exchanges like Kraken and Crypto.com participating in the discussions, the message goes out that the regulators are serious about compliance and collaboration.
Further, the roundtable aims to define clearer roles to prevent future clashes between the SEC and CFTC, whose overlapping jurisdictions have historically caused tension.
The agenda includes three panel discussions aiming to explore how the two agencies can work together more closely to oversee crypto trading platforms, market participants and related services. The roundtable will run from 1 PM to 5:30 PM ET and will be streamed live.
With the discussions, regulators gain an understanding of how crypto platforms operate while TradFi players share best practices from their decades of compliance and market structure understanding.
Regardless, regulators, top crypto exchanges and traditional finance leaders will convene to discuss how unified rules could reshape operations for exchanges, custody providers, and stablecoin issuers and potentially draw institutional investors back into the crypto fold.
Agenda, Panelists for @CFTC Roundtable on Regulatory Harmonization Efforts Announced: https://t.co/JIgAnjju7B
— CFTC (@CFTC) September 24, 2025
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Worlds Collide As Crypto And Wall Street Jointly Discuss Regulations
Firstly, SEC Chair Paul Atkins will deliver the opening remarks, along with Acting CFTC Chair Caroline Pham and SEC Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw.
Meanwhile, the first panel, led by former CFTC Chair J Christopher Giancarlo, will look at the history of collaborations between the SEC and the CFTC, with insights from industry experts representing SIFMA, Interactive Brokers and ISDA.
Following that, the second panel, likely the one that observers will watch most closely, will dive into platform oversight. Former CFTC Commissioner Jill Sommers and the SEC’s Jamie Selway will moderate this panel.
Further, it will feature a mix of voices from traditional finance and the crypto space. Speakers include Kraken’s Arjun Sethi, Polymarket’s Shayne Coplan, Kalshi’s Tarek Mansour, Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman, CME Group’s Terrence Duffy and ICE Chair Jeffery Sprecher.
The final panel discussion will feature Nick Lundgren from Crypto.com, Stephen Berger from Citadel, Ryan Louvar from WisdomTree, JB Mackenzie from Robinhood, Dave Olsen from Jump Trading and representatives from Bank of America and J.P. Morgan. Giancarlo and former SEC Commissioner Troy Paredes will moderate the panel.
NEW: The @SECGov has announced the agenda and panelists for its joint roundtable with the @CFTC on Monday.
What jumps out is Panel 2 on platforms: TradFi exchange giants Jeff Sprecher (NYSE/ICE), Terry Duffy (CME) and Adena Friedman (NASDAQ) sharing a table with leaders from… pic.twitter.com/C5JDJ5zWIR
— Eleanor Terrett (@EleanorTerrett) September 24, 2025
According to Eleanor Terrett, an analyst at Bloomberg, the presence of both crypto founders and legacy exchange leaders signals a major shift such that digital asset platforms are now part of the same regulatory conversations as Wall Street’s biggest players.
To wrap up, closing remarks from SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce will conclude the event.
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SEC Roundtable Series Puts Crypto Regulations Under A Microscope
The SEC is stepping up its efforts to regulate crypto through a series of public roundtables led by its new Crypto Task Force.
The roundtable sessions, branded as the “Spring Sprint Towards Crypto Clarity,” are designed to understand and address key issues in digital asset oversight.
The series began with the first roundtable on 21 March 2025 in Washington, DC and focused on the legal status of crypto assets. While the organisers livestreamed the panel, regulators and industry insiders held private breakout sessions to discuss more openly.
SEC Crypto Task Force Roundtable — March 21
The SEC's Crypto Task Force will host roundtables to discuss regulating crypto assets. The "Spring Sprint Toward Crypto Clarity" series begins March 21 with its first roundtable. pic.twitter.com/9k5Jq8Zwm0
— invΞst00®
(@investinbit) March 21, 2025
Further, on 11 April 2025, the second session shifted the spotlight to trading rules. Executives from Uniswap Labs, Cumberland DRW and Coinbase joined the conversation along with representatives from the New York Stock Exchange and UC Berkeley.
Then, about two weeks later, on 24 April 2025, discussions shifted towards custody. SEC Chair Atkins opened the session titled “Know Your Custodian,” which featured Commissioners Peirce, Uyeda, and Crenshaw.
During the discussion, Pierce noted that custody remains one of the toughest challenges as crypto becomes more integrated with traditional finance.
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Key Takeaways
- SEC and CFTC aim to align crypto rules through joint roundtable discussions
- Panels feature leaders from Kraken, Crypto.com, Nasdaq, and major financial institutions
- This meeting will focus on regulatory harmonisation from 1 PM to 5:30 PM ET and will stream live
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