# CFTC withdraws its retail digital-asset commodity-transaction guidance

> The CFTC withdrew its 2020 interpretive guidance on actual delivery for retail commodity transactions involving certain digital assets, removing that guidance as the Commission reconsidered its approach.

- URL: https://riadefi.com/regulation/2025-12-16-cftc-retail-digital-asset-guidance-withdrawal/
- Posture: Guidance
- Authorities: Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- Event date: 2025-12-16
- Version: 1, published 2026-08-07 (first published 2026-08-07)
- Advisor-relevant: yes

## What changed

The CFTC withdrew its 2020 interpretive guidance on actual delivery for retail commodity transactions involving certain digital assets, removing that guidance as the Commission reconsidered its approach.

## Who it affects

- Digital-asset platforms, intermediaries, advisers, and retail clients

## What is still open

- What replacement interpretation or rule, if any, the CFTC will adopt

## What it means for an advisor

- Do not rely solely on the withdrawn guidance when evaluating leveraged retail digital-asset arrangements.

## Sources

1. [Withdrawal of Interpretive Guidance: Retail Commodity Transactions Involving Certain Digital Assets](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-16/pdf/2025-22872.pdf) · Commodity Futures Trading Commission · 2025-12-16


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