CFTC Turns Tokenized Collateral Into a 24/7 Treasury-Market Plumbing Test

CFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig told the 2026 U.S. Treasury Market Conference that U.S. markets need to prepare for mass tokenization, onchain finance, AI adoption and potential 24/7 trading. The official conference agenda also put stablecoins, tokenized deposits and short-term funding directly inside the Treasury-market-functioning debate. The signal is less about crypto speculation than about the next collateral, margin and settlement layer for the dollar system.

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