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Former CFTC Chair: Experimentation with Crypto Is 'Widely Necessary' for Future of Internet
Former CFTC Chair: Experimentation with Crypto Is ‘Widely Necessary’ for Future of Internet
Former CFTC Chair Chris Giancarlo says experimentations with crypto is “widely necessary to get to the future internet of value” at #Concensus2022.
Former CFTC Chair: Experimentation with Crypto Is 'Widely Necessary' for Future of Internet

Fmr CFTC Chair Chris Giancarlo on Crypto Regulation, Digital Dollar
Fmr CFTC Chair Chris Giancarlo on Crypto Regulation, Digital Dollar
Former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo, aka “Crypto Dad,” discusses the new crypto bill from U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis and Kir...
Fmr CFTC Chair Chris Giancarlo on Crypto Regulation, Digital Dollar

Former CFTC Commissioner Dawn Stump, CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam and CoinDesk Chief Content Officer Michael Casey speak at Consensus 2022. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
CFTC Chairman 'Encouraged' by Bill in Congress to Give the Agency More Crypto Oversight
Rostin Behnam noted the bill would allow the CFTC to assess fees on the industry.
Former CFTC Commissioner Dawn Stump, CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam and CoinDesk Chief Content Officer Michael Casey speak at Consensus 2022. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Rostin Behnam says he's a fan of the sweeping new Lummis-Gillibrand bill that would establish crypto regulations.  (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
CFTC Chief Heaps Praise on Bill That Boosts Agency’s Crypto Reach
Chairman Rostin Behnam supports the contours of the Lummis-Gillibrand regulatory bill released this week.
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Rostin Behnam says he's a fan of the sweeping new Lummis-Gillibrand bill that would establish crypto regulations.  (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Here's What's Inside the First Major Bipartisan Crypto Bill
Here’s What’s Inside the First Major Bipartisan Crypto Bill
Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Cynthia Lummis introduced their long-awaited crypto legislation that favors the CFTC as a watchdog and wipes away tax worries for purchases of...
Here's What's Inside the First Major Bipartisan Crypto Bill

CFTC Sues Gemini Over Bitcoin Futures Case From 2017
CFTC Sues Gemini Over Bitcoin Futures Case From 2017
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) sued Gemini Trust on allegations of “misleading statements and information” made by the exchange’s staff during their 2017 laun...
CFTC Sues Gemini Over Bitcoin Futures Case From 2017

CFTC Sues Gemini Over Bitcoin Futures Case From 2017
CFTC Sues Gemini Over Bitcoin Futures Case From 2017
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) sued Gemini Trust Company LLC on allegations the crypto exchange’s staff misled the federal regulator during Gemini’s 2017 effo...
CFTC Sues Gemini Over Bitcoin Futures Case From 2017

Gemini ad campaign (Shutterstock)
CFTC Sues Gemini Over Bitcoin Futures Case From 2017
Gemini partnered with Cboe to try and launch what would have been the nation’s first bitcoin futures contracts.
Gemini ad campaign (Shutterstock)

Fmr CFTC Commissioner Brian Quintenz on Crypto Markets Outlook Amid Rising Inflation
Fmr CFTC Commissioner Brian Quintenz on Crypto Markets Outlook Amid Rising Inflation
On the heels of President Biden’s meeting with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, former CFTC Commissioner and current a16z advisor Brian Quintenz discusses the need for the...
Fmr CFTC Commissioner Brian Quintenz on Crypto Markets Outlook Amid Rising Inflation

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried defends his company's push for direct derivatives clearing at a CFTC roundtable. (Jesse Hamilton for CoinDesk)
FTX’s Bankman-Fried Pitches CFTC on Directly Clearing Customers’ Crypto Swaps
The crypto exchange’s founder and CEO made his case at a Washington, D.C., roundtable, while mainstream derivatives firms painted his ideas as dangerous.
FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried defends his company's push for direct derivatives clearing at a CFTC roundtable. (Jesse Hamilton for CoinDesk)