You might have missed it with all the usual price noise, but something pretty significant happened in Washington earlier this week.
The U.S. CFC announced a new 35-member Innovation Advisory Committee.
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And the lineup is stacked with crypto CEOs: Brian Armstrong from Coinbase, Brad Garlinghouse from Ripple, Hayden Adams from Uniswap, Tyler Winklevoss from Gemini, Sergey Nazarov from Chainlink, Anatoly Yakovenko from Solana, plus senior people from Kraken, Grayscale, Paradigm, and a16z crypto.
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This isn’t another rubber-stamp committee. The CFTC is basically saying ’we need your help to keep up with blockchain, AI, and everything moving at breakneck speed in derivatives and commodities’.
Chairman Michael Selig put it straight: the group is there to “future-proof” the markets and create “clear rules of the road” so the U.S. stays ahead in financial innovation.
Instead of regulators guessing or constantly pushing back, they’re bringing in the people who actually built the technology.
For regular people watching the space, this feels different
A lot of us have grown tired of regulation that either drags forever or comes down like a hammer.
When the agency that oversees most crypto derivatives puts Coinbase’s CEO, Ripple’s CEO, and Uniswap’s founder in the same room to give real input, it signals a genuine change in tone: less “us versus them,” more “let’s figure this out together.”
Of course, it’s not a silver bullet. Committees advise, they don’t make the final rules. But having these voices in the process early can lead to smarter, more workable regulation that actually makes sense in the real world.
The same people who built the tools millions use every day are now helping shape the guardrails.
That could mean clearer paths for new products, better user protections, and a lot less of the regulatory whiplash we’ve all dealt with for years.
CFTC + crypto players = real regulatory progress
Sure, some will say it’s too cozy or gives the industry too much sway. That’s a fair concern, balance still matters.
But after years of lawsuits, enforcement actions, and uncertainty, having builders at the table instead of only lawyers feels like real progress.
Bottom line, this week wasn’t about another price swing. It was about the U.S. government quietly admitting it needs crypto’s builders to help write better rules for what’s coming next.
In a market full of loud headlines, this kind of quiet alignment might end up being one of the more important developments we’ve seen in a long time.
Crypto market researcher and external contributor at Kriptoworld
Wheel. Steam engine. Bitcoin.
📅 Published: February 14, 2026 • 🕓 Last updated: February 14, 2026
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