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Crypto Lawyers Share Blame for FTX, Other Disasters, CFTC Commissioner Says

Gatekeepers such as lawyers, accountants and investment firms should have insisted the crypto industry handle itself in a safer fashion, Commissioner Goldsmith Romero argued.

By Jesse Hamilton
Updated Jan 18, 2023, 9:39 p.m. Published Jan 18, 2023, 9:00 p.m.
Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)
Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)