Caroline Pham, acting chair of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), announced that the agency would be winding down its practice of regulation by enforcement, likely impacting its approach to crypto firms during the Trump administration.

The CFTC has restructured its enforcement division into two streamlined task forces, marking an end to the "regulation by enforcement" approach and shifting focus to fraud prevention.

According to the CFTC’s announcement, the new structure will “more efficiently utilize the CFTC’s resources to prevent fraud, manipulation and abuse and ensure market integrity” as well as “provide enhanced governance and oversight of enforcement matters to prevent overreach and enhance consistency, fairness and due process.”

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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission will reorganize its Division of Enforcement's task forces to end "regulation by enforcement" and instead focus on combating fraud and helping victims, CFTC's acting chairman said on Tuesday.