Big news from U.S. regulators: spot crypto assets are officially cleared to trade on federally registered exchanges. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission just greenlit what many in the industry have been pushing for—bringing spot digital assets into the same regulatory framework as traditional commodities. This could reshape how institutional players access crypto markets, potentially opening doors for more regulated trading venues to list Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other major tokens without the legal gray zones that existed before. The move signals a shift toward legitimizing spot crypto trading under federal oversight, which might attract the kind of capital that's been sitting on the sidelines waiting for regulatory clarity.