# CFTC Clears Commodities Firms to Hold Customer Funds in Tokenized Assets and Keep Records On-Chain

The staff guidance arrived days after the Senate's market-structure vote failed, and a coalition of Bullish, Alpaca and Apex Fintech moved separately to link tokenized shares to official shareholder registers.

- Published: 2026-09-25T05:49:08.849Z
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Staff at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) updated their guidance to let futures commission merchants and clearing organizations invest customer funds in tokenized versions of investments they are already permitted to hold, su…

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