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SEC Chair Gensler, CFTC Chair Behnam Testify Before Lawmakers; Do Kwon Developments

CoinDesk TV’s crypto news roundup includes CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam and SEC Chair Gary Gensler testifying before lawmakers in separate hearings. Plus, South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is looking to invalidate Terra co-founder Do Kwon’s passport, according to a local media report.

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Senator Durbin: CFTC Chair Is ‘Lowballing’ Agency's Budget

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) raised $112 million for "rule-making," "hiring," and "training expertise." Chairman Behnam discusses with Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) the cost for his agency to become the primary crypto regulator. Plus, why Durbin thinks Chairman Behnam is "lowballing" the annual budget.

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SEC Chair Gensler on Securities Definition, Working With the CFTC

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler explains why different regulatory entities need to have an overarching definition of a security and collaboration with the CFTC if bitcoin is considered to be a commodity.

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CFTC Chair to US Senators: Already Preparing to Be Major Regulator in Crypto

Rostin Behnam, the head of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, said he has already directed his agency to begin preparing to be the major, fully-funded regulator for much of the crypto market, as anticipated in Senate legislation.

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South Korea Reportedly Looking to Invalidate Do Kwon’s Passport

South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is trying to get Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon to return his passport, according to a local media report. CoinDesk Global Policy & Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De has the latest on South Korea's efforts to arrest Do Kwon. Plus, what to expect from CFTC chairman and SEC chair's hearings in Washington, D.C.

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Policy

La CFTC ya se prepara para ser el organismo de control de las Cripto , dice Behnam a los senadores estadounidenses.

La agencia es el “regulador adecuado” para supervisar el comercio de activos digitales, testifica el presidente de la CFTC en una audiencia del Comité de Agricultura del Senado.

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El sitio de apuestas electorales PredictIt demanda para bloquear el cierre ordenado por la CFTC

La medida de agosto de la CFTC exige que el sitio se cierre para los usuarios estadounidenses antes del 15 de febrero.

PredictIt, which allows traders to wager on the outcome of political events, has been ordered by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to shut down U.S. activity in six months. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

FTX.US Derivatives amplía su junta directiva con la incorporación de un excomisionado de la CFTC

La contratación se produce después de que FTX ya había propuesto a la CFTC compensar directamente los swaps de Cripto de los clientes.

Former Commodity Futures Trading Commission Commissioner Jill Sommers, in a 2011 photo. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Here’s Why FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Visited the White House

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried visited the White House in May amid regulatory turf battle between the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). CoinDesk Global Policy & Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De discusses the details.

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El CEO de FTX, el exchange de Cripto , visitó la Casa Blanca en medio de una disputa regulatoria.

Sam Bankman-Fried y el equipo regulador de FTX se reunieron con la asesora de Regulación de la Casa Blanca, Charlotte Butash, en mayo.

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)