Robinhood exec says proposal for a single digital asset regulator is stupid
Robinhood’s chief legal officer is not enamored with a recent Coinbase proposal for a separate regulatory body for the crypto space. Robinhood’s chief legal officer Dan Gallagher described the idea of creating a new digital asset regulator was “just plain silly” at a conference on Nov. 17.Robinhood is a popular commission-free trading app that offers digital assets, and rival crypto asset exchange Coinbase put foward the idea of a new regulator in October.Gallagher told attendees at the Georgetown University Financial Markets Quality Conference that “it doesn’t make sense” to add....
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