CFTC to host public roundtable on 24/7 derivatives trading on Dec. 15

The derivatives regulator wants industry input on overnight trading, tokenization, and what it would take to keep markets open around the clock The Commodity Futures Trading Commission will hold a public roundtable on Dec. 15 to examine whether derivatives markets could run 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The session will take place at the CFTC’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., and will be livestreamed for anyone who wants to watch. It follows a Request for Comment the agency issued over the summer, which means this is the second formal step in the process, not the first. Overnight trading comes first. This covers the mechanics of keeping contracts trading through hours when activity has traditionally slowed or stopped altogether. Tokenization is the second topic.

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