[U.S. SEC and CFTC: No Ban on Registered Exchanges Offering Spot Cryptocurrency Trading] The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a joint statement clarifying that exchanges registered with both agencies are permitted to offer certain spot cryptocurrency asset trading. This move aims to advance the SEC's 'Crypto Projects' and the CFTC's 'Crypto Sprint' initiatives. The SEC Chair stated that market participants should have the freedom to choose trading platforms, while the CFTC Acting Chair remarked that the previous mixed signals regarding digital asset regulation are now a thing of the past.