In a major breakthrough for the U.S. digital asset market, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have issued a rare joint statement saying that registered exchanges can now list “certain spot crypto assets.” This ends years of uncertainty and allows mainstream U.S. exchanges—like the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Nasdaq and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)—to offer spot trading of digital assets, most likely including bitcoin. Part of SEC and CFTC’s announcement For years, the SEC and CFTC were seen as competitors with overlapping jurisdiction in the digital asset space, often sending mixed …