Christopher Giancarlo

Christopher Giancarlo, the former chair of the CFTC, also known as ‘Crypto Dad’ said the U.S. is resisting digitization of the dollar due to it being a threat to the country’s...

By CoinDesk Staff

May 15, 2023 at 4:50 p.m. UTC

May 15, 2023

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Opinion

The U.S. Should Lead the Digital Future of Money

In his speech ay CoinDesk’s Consensus festival Wednesday, Chris Giancarlo, the head of the non-profit Digital Dollar Project, said a U.S. central bank digital currency is too...

By J Christopher Giancarlo

Apr 27, 2023 at 2:52 p.m. UTC

Apr 27, 2023

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Opinion

Just Saying No to Digital Dollars Means Cementing the Surveillance Status Quo

Political attacks on CBDCs give a pass to existing government and commercial oversight of financial transactions and forfeits opportunity to shape global standards in accord w...

By J Christopher Giancarlo

Mar 23, 2023 at 4:06 p.m. UTC

Mar 23, 2023

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Video

Cbdcs

The Coming Digital Currency Wars

J. Christopher Giancarlo, Senior Counsel at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, joins MIT Media Lab's Director of the Digital Currency Initiative Neha Narula at Consensus 2022 to di...

By CoinDesk Staff

Jul 19, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. UTC

Jul 19, 2022

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Consensus Magazine

Coindesk tv

Ex-CFTC Chairman Discusses Celsius' Bankruptcy and CBDC Adoption

The former Commodity Futures Trading Commission chief joined CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover” to discuss why the bankruptcy of lender Celsius Network could set legal precedent in f...

By Fran Velasquez

Jul 18, 2022 at 7:34 p.m. UTC

Jul 18, 2022

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Podcasts

Money reimagined

The Coming Digital Currency Wars

“Money Reimagined” Consensus 2022 panel discussion from Austin, Texas with Chris Giancarlo, Neha Narula and Emily Parker.

By Michael J. Casey

Jul 1, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. UTC

Jul 1, 2022

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Video

Crypto

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...

By CoinDesk Staff

Jun 9, 2022 at 5:26 p.m. UTC

Jun 9, 2022

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5 Questions for Chris ‘Crypto Dad’ Giancarlo

The ex Commodity Futures Trading Commission chief discusses regulation, digital dollars and financial inclusion. This article is part of CoinDesk's Payments Week.

By Fran Velasquez

Apr 29, 2022 at 8:29 p.m. UTC

Apr 29, 2022

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Finance

Digital asset

Ex-CFTC Chair Chris Giancarlo Joins Digital Asset’s Board of Directors

The former regulator will advise the company on a variety of subjects, including asset tokenization, distributed ledger technology and regulatory developments.

By Cheyenne Ligon

Jan 26, 2022 at 2:37 a.m. UTC

Jan 26, 2022

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