CFTC Innovation Task Force hosts Frontier Forum Series on financial technologies

Michael S. Selig: Michael S. Selig serves as Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, a role he has held since December 2025 following nomination by President Trump. He has prioritized advancing clear rules for innovative financial technologies and formed the Innovation Task Force to address areas such as artificial intelligence and prediction markets. Selig highlighted the need for the CFTC to engage directly with market builders when announcing the Frontier Forum Series. CFTC Innovation Task Force: The CFTC Innovation Task Force is an internal body within the Commodity Futures Trading Commission dedicated to developing regulatory frameworks for emerging technologies in U.S. derivatives markets, including crypto assets, blockchain, artificial intelligence and autonomous systems, and prediction markets. Launched in March 2026 by Chairman Michael S. Selig, it partners with the agency's Innovation Advisory Committee to promote responsible innovation while coordinating across federal agencies. The task force is directly responsible for hosting the Frontier Forum Series of public roundtables to engage builders and leaders on technologies transforming financial markets, beginning with a focus on artificial intelligence and agentic finance. Engagement: Public forums convened by the CFTC bring together private sector innovators and regulators to discuss evolving market structures and responsible innovation in financial technologies. Regulation: The CFTC Innovation Task Force works to establish regulatory frameworks specifically covering artificial intelligence and autonomous systems alongside crypto and prediction markets. Technology: Agentic finance, which involves autonomous AI systems making independent decisions in markets, is a rapidly advancing area drawing regulatory focus for market integrity and participant protection.