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CFTC Proposes Rules Classifying XRP and Stellar as Digital Commodities
New draft regulations from the US CFTC list XRP and Stellar as digital commodities alongside Bitcoin and Ethereum.
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has drafted regulatory proposals classifying XRP as a digital commodity, placing it in the same bracket as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Stellar, and Tezos. Reported on October 5, 2026, the move has reopened discussions concerning XRP's classification following the Securities and Exchange Commission's lawsuit against Ripple initiated in December 2020.
Under the proposed framework, the CFTC would oversee both spot and derivatives trading for these assets, effectively consolidating exchange oversight under a single federal agency. The proposal comprises two segments: one covering retail leveraged trading via registered brokers, and another allowing cryptocurrency platforms to register as designated contract markets.
The regulatory measures remain draft proposals and will be open for public review once published in the Federal Register, taking legal effect only if adopted in final form. The initiative follows a joint SEC and CFTC statement from March 17 that recognized 16 cryptocurrencies—including XRP, Cardano, Chainlink, Dogecoin, Avalanche, and Litecoin—as digital commodities.
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