On 12 January 2026, United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Michael S. Selig officially launched the Innovation Advisory Committee (IAC), renamed from the former Technology Advisory Committee and seeking nominations for additional IAC membership. The body is structured to include a balance of viewpoints from the financial industry, regulatory bodies, financial technology providers, public interest groups, academia and market infrastructure firms.
On 12 February 2026, the CFTC announced the full 35 member IAC panel. The Innvation Advisory Committee includs prominent crypto industry executives such as Brian Armstrong of Coinbase, Brad Garlinghouse of Ripple, Hayden Adams of Uniswap Labs and Tyler Winklevoss of Gemini. Traditional market operators including Terry Duffy of CME Group and Adena Friedman of Nasdaq also joined the panel, alongside prediction market leaders Shayne Coplan of Polymarket and Tarek Mansour of Kalshi. The committee’s mandate covers artificial intelligence, blockchain technologies, novel derivatives products and adaptive regulatory frameworks. Its formation represents the most extensive industry engagement initiative undertaken by the CFTC on digital assets and financial innovation to date.
The establishment of the IAC is a step towards collaborative policymaking, and also enables CFTC to receive direct industry input as Congress advances digital asset market structure legislation that would expand the agency’s oversight authority over spot digital commodity markets.
(Source: https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/9167-26 / https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/9182-26)
