Six months of crypto policy: The good, the bad, and the lingering questions
We’re six months into the new administration and the 119th Congress. So much has happened that it’s difficult to keep it all straight. For clarity, here are the big news...
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Is published speech regulated by the CFTC?
This week, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) took a notable action against Uniswap Labs which creates more questions than the answers it provides. This follows a line of CFTC...
Two new bills in Congress would clarify agency jurisdiction over cryptocurrency
Three longstanding policy issues facing cryptocurrency technology are being addressed by two new bi-partisian bills introduced in the House today: (1) the patchwork of state-by-state licensing of exchanges, (2) the...
CFTC’s Technical Advisory Committee meeting
Peter Van Valkenburgh describes various open consensus mechanisms such as proof-of-stake and proof-of-work and takes questions from the committee More information.
In it, Massad calls for new regulatory authority from Congress for the SEC or CFTC to supervise cryptocurrency markets: Congress should pass legislation providing the SEC (or alternatively the CFTC)...
Coin Center files comment in CFTC proceeding on Ethereum
A few months ago LabCFTC, the division of the agency dealing with innovative financial products, put out a request for information to better understand the Ethereum network and ecosystem that...
How the CFTC can take a pro-innovation posture while maintaining orderly markets
This past fall, I made a speech in Dubai to highlight what I believe will be a fundamental challenge for financial regulators in the coming years: how do regulators apply...
A direct download of this comment is available here.
CFTC Commissioner recognizes the “transformative” nature of cryptocurrency.
During his speech at the United Nations last week, Commissioner Behnam spoke at some length about the potential value that this new technology can bring to the United States and other...
A direct download of this letter is available here.