The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFT) has announced the first members of its new innovation task force, named Michael Passalacqua, Hank Balaban, Sam Canavos, Mark Fajah, Eugene Gonzalez IV, and Dina Moussa. The task force is part of a broader effort by the CFTC and Securities and Exchange Commission to provide regulatory clarity for the digital asset sector. The CFTC's "innovation tracker" lists three key innovation areas the agency is focused on, crypto and blockchain, artificial intelligence and autonomous systems, and contracts and prediction markets.