Hyperliquid and Phantom Submit Comment Letter, Arguing Protocol Developers Should Not Be Treated as Financial Intermediaries

Odaily News: The Hyperliquid Policy Center and wallet developer Phantom have submitted a comment letter to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), arguing that developing on-chain infrastructure protocols and code is not equivalent to providing regulated financial services, and that protocol developers should not be regarded as financial intermediaries.

The comment letter states that self-custodial, code-based on-chain markets require a modern regulatory framework, and recommends providing regulatory clarity, promoting the reshoring of innovation to the United States under CFTC oversight, and preserving users' ability to self-custody their assets.