Why Cftc-approved Spot Bitcoin, Ethereum Trading Is A 'massively...

Gold has popped 4,000% following CFTC's approval in the 1970s, leaving Bitcoin and Ethereum with a similar scaling setup.

On Thursday, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that spot Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) products will begin trading for the first time on its registered futures exchanges.

Here are three reasons why this is a big deal for the top two cryptocurrencies heading into 2026.

CFTC oversight gives BTC and ETH gold-like legitimacy, opening the door to larger institutional flows.

Regulated US trading boosts liquidity, cuts volatility, and shifts crypto activity back onshore.

One of the strongest historical parallels for the CFTC decision came from the gold market.

When gold was formally opened to trading on regulated US futures exchanges in the 1970s, the shift transformed it from a fragmented, over-the-counter commodity into a globally recognized investment asset.

Liquidity concentrated on COMEX, institutions entered for the first time, and transparent price discovery created a foundation for long-term capital flows.

Since its COMEX debut, spot gold prices gained 4,000%, illustrating how regulatory clarity can reshape an asset’s market trajectory.

The CFTC placed Bitcoin and Ethereum under a similar commodity framework with its latest announcement, thus removing the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) issuer-focused requirements.

Source: CoinTelegraph