{"slug": "cftc-task-force-to-host-forums-on-ai-and-emerging-financial-technology", "title": "CFTC task force to host forums on AI and emerging financial technology", "summary": "The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Innovation Task Force will launch a public Frontier Forum Series, with its inaugural roundtable on artificial intelligence and agentic finance scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026. CFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig said the agency should engage directly with those developing and studying the technologies driving changes in financial markets, and the forums will also cover crypto assets and prediction markets. The agency said the series aims to encourage responsible innovation while maintaining protections for market participants and the integrity and resilience of US markets.", "body_md": "# CFTC task force to host forums on AI and emerging financial technology\n\nThe first public roundtable will tackle artificial intelligence on October 28, with crypto assets and prediction markets also on the agenda.\n\nThe Commodity Futures Trading Commission is launching a new public forum series to examine technologies transforming financial markets, starting with artificial intelligence and agentic finance. The Frontier Forum Series, organized by the CFTC’s Innovation Task Force, will bring together public- and private-sector participants for discussions on financial technology and evolving market structures.\n\nThe agency said the forums are intended to explore ways to encourage responsible innovation while maintaining protections for market participants and the integrity and resilience of US markets. Chairman Michael S. Selig said the CFTC should engage directly with those developing and studying the technologies driving changes in financial markets.\n\nThe inaugural forum is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026.\n\n**Disclosure:** This article was edited by Editorial Team. For more information on how we create and review content, see our\n\n[Editorial Policy](https://cryptobriefing.com/editorial-policy/).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/cftc-task-force-to-host-forums-on-ai-and-emerging-financial-technology", "canonical_source": "https://cryptobriefing.com/cftc-frontier-forum-financial-technologies/", "published_at": "2026-09-21 14:40:20+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-21 14:52:28.286292+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-agents"], "entities": ["Commodity Futures Trading Commission", "Innovation Task Force", "Michael S. Selig", "Frontier Forum Series"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/cftc-task-force-to-host-forums-on-ai-and-emerging-financial-technology", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/cftc-task-force-to-host-forums-on-ai-and-emerging-financial-technology.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/cftc-task-force-to-host-forums-on-ai-and-emerging-financial-technology.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/cftc-task-force-to-host-forums-on-ai-and-emerging-financial-technology.jsonld"}}