CFTC Commissioner Advocates More Lenient Regulation for Blockchain Technology
There has always been a question of whether blockchain startups should worry about regulation before or after launching their business. Given how the regulatory outlook on the blockchain is in a grey area right now, something has to change to make things clearer moving forward. Various regulators around the world are concerned as to how the CFTC might look to hamper the growth of development and innovation in the world of blockchain technology. However, CFTC Commissioner J. Christopher Giancarlo seems to be quite keen on the concept of distributed ledgers himself, as he seems to be in....
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CFTC Commissioner Dawn Stump has raised concerns regarding the approach her agency and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are taking to regulate the crypto industry. The commissioner is a vocal proponent of clarifying guidelines for crypto assets.
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A commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has spoken about the inadequacies and inefficiency of the current "closed ledger" banking system. He adds that distributed open ledgers could revolutionize financial ecosystems while noting certain "disruptive" implications for the current financial industry and those who are a part of it. Commissioner J Christopher Giancarlo spoke about bitcoin and the blockchain in a wide-ranging lecture on Fintech and international finance at the Harvard School of Law on December 1st. In a guest lecture that began with a disclaimer that....
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A commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Mark Wetjen, has spoken out in favour of flexible bitcoin regulation in the derivatives space and beyond. His statements came in the aftermath of a CFTC webcast, organised last week to discuss a number of questions related to digital currencies. On the day, more than 5,000 people across the world tuned in to watch the event, which was by far the largest online audience attracted by a CTFC meeting to date. Notably, more of the viewers were from Guangzhou, China, than Washington, DC, according to the commission. Wetjen has....