CFTC Commissioner Calls For Flexible Regulation of Digital Currencies

CFTC Commissioner Calls For Flexible Regulation of Digital Currencies

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....


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