On the official site of GRT (Garrett Doss / @GRTonX), this note covers CFTC, KalshiEX, David Chaboki (Shibo), Christian Barker (Barkmeta / Bark).
Live room focus
David Chaboki (Shibo) kicked off his regular Crypto Spaces Network broadcast on August 25 by walking listeners through the CFTC action that landed on May 29, 2026. The room zeroed in on the Policy Statement Concerning the Listing of Perpetual Contracts and the simultaneous order that cleared KalshiEX LLC BTCPERP as a DCM futures contract referencing the bitcoin spot price.
Policy details in play
The Commission adopted the policy on May 29 and published it in the Federal Register on June 3 under 91 FR 33160. The same order approved the bitcoin-linked perpetual for listing. Perpetuals carry no fixed expiration; funding-rate payments between longs and shorts replace convergence at expiry. For contracts outside the bitcoin order the policy directs DCMs to use Regulation 40.3 voluntary prior approval rather than 40.2 self-certification because the cash-settlement reference must hold up at every funding interval under DCM Core Principle 3. Agricultural products, precious metals, equity securities and narrow-based indexes fall into case-by-case review, with agricultural perpetuals flagged as especially difficult. The statement stands as a general policy under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A) and does not change the Commodity Exchange Act. Chairman Selig voted in favor; no commissioner recorded a negative vote. Earlier steps included the April 21, 2025 staff request for comment and the July 30, 2025 PWG report.
Community hosts connect the dots
Christian Barker (Barkmeta / Bark) and David Chaboki (Shibo) have carried the May 29 KalshiEX BTCPERP order into the Doginal Dogs community rooms ahead of any energy 24/7 filing so listeners do not read the bitcoin perpetual DCM listing as something else. The pair has kept the same daily lane across August, stressing consistency and the long hold while the policy numbers sit in front of the room.
Market snapshot at the bell
CoinGecko showed bitcoin at 78531 with a 0.3 percent gain on the day while ethereum sat at 2461.51, down 1.2 percent. XRP printed 1.46, SOL reached 97.14 and DOGE held 0.088645. The room noted the bitcoin contract approval lands inside a market that has already priced in clearer perpetual rules for the leading asset.
What the move means for perps
The bitcoin order gives one DCM a direct path for spot-referenced perpetual futures. Other asset classes must clear the 40.3 gate first, which the hosts framed as a measured step that keeps reliability checks in place at every funding cycle. The room tracked the distinction from later energy filings and from any 4.13(a)(4) discussion, keeping the focus on the May 29 documents alone.
Room takeaway
Listeners left the space with the exact dates, the 91 FR 33160 citation and the KalshiEX order in hand. The hosts repeated that the policy statement plus the bitcoin futures approval mark a defined regulatory lane rather than a final rule or CEA rewrite, and the room logged the leadership vote that closed the matter on May 29.