The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a request for public comment on compute derivatives contracts on August 19, marking its first formal step toward overseeing the emerging market that prices computing power for artificial intelligence. CFTC Chairman Michael Selig told a White House event with President Trump and crypto executives that the United States must dominate these markets to win the AI race, describing compute as « digital oil » potentially more valuable than petroleum. CME Group and Silicon Data plan to list two contracts on October 5, indexed to hourly GPU rental costs for Nvidia H100 and Blackwell B200 chips, pending regulatory approval. Crypto mining companies including MARA and CleanSpark have already shifted toward AI hosting revenue, making the outcome of this regulatory process particularly significant for the sector.
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