TechFlow news, January 13 — According to The Block, Michael Selig, the newly appointed chair of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), announced on January 12 that the Technology Advisory Committee will be renamed the Innovation Advisory Committee. Selig also plans to appoint members of the CEO Innovation Council as charter members of this committee. The committee will include industry leaders such as Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan, Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour, and Gemini CEO Tyler Winklevoss.
Selig stated, "Innovators are leveraging technologies like artificial intelligence, blockchain, and cloud computing to modernize traditional financial systems and build entirely new ones. Under my leadership, the committee will develop purpose-built market structure regulations for these emerging financial frontiers."
