CFTC Chief Selig Says Autonomous AI Agents Could Soon Trade Crypto Markets

The chief of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Selig, has publicly described a future in which artificial intelligence agents trade cryptocurrencies without direct human instruction. The comments mark one of the more explicit statements yet from a senior U.S. regulator about autonomous trading software operating in digital asset markets. Selig's remarks point to a shift already underway across financial markets. Algorithmic trading has existed for decades, but newer AI systems can interpret data, set strategy, and execute trades with less human oversight at each step.