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U.S. Commodities Agency May Change Risk Rules to Consider Crypto

The CFTC has proposed an overhaul of risk-management requirements, and one commissioner says it should factor in emerging crypto dangers.

Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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U.S. CFTC Warns About Clearing Derivatives Tied to Digital Assets

The derivatives agency said that clearing organizations need to address risks as they move into the crypto space, and Commissioner Johnson suggests it's time for agency rules on this point.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission would be granted far-reaching authority over crypto trading and regulation in a new Senate bill. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Christopher Giancarlo: Fight for the Future of Money in the U.S.

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 dominance over the traditional financial system. Central Bank Digital Currencies or CBDCs are the future of money and countries that resist innovation will become irrelevant in the global financial landscape, said Giancarlo who is also the founder of the Digital Dollar Project. In a Word on the Block interview with Forkast Editor-in-Chief Angie Lau, Giancarlo expressed his disappointment over Washington’s hostility towards cryptocurrencies. His comments come in light of the recent enforcement actions against crypto by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Binance.US Explores Ways to Decrease CZ's Dominant Share: The Information

Since the summer of 2022, Zhao has been attempting to offload at least a portion of his shares in order to make the firm look better in the eyes of U.S. authorities.

Changpeng Zhao ,CEO of Binance, at Consensus Singapore 2018 (CoinDesk)

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Former CFTC Chair Massad on Tether

Timothy Massad, Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University Research Fellow, Director of the Digital Assets Policy Project and Former CFTC Chairman, discusses his key takeaways from the joint House hearing on digital assets on Wednesday, and his views on Tether.

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Former CFTC Chair Massad on Stablecoin Regulation Outlook

Harvard Kennedy School Research Fellow and former CFTC Chair Timothy Massad, a witness at the house joint hearing on digital assets, discusses his outlook on stablecoin legislation.

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Former CFTC Chair Massad on Takeaways From Joint House Hearing on Digital Assets

House Financial Services Committee chairman Patrick McHenry (R-NC), along with the House Committee on Agriculture chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson (R-PA), led a joint subcommittee hearing on the future of digital assets. Timothy Massad, Harvard Kennedy School Research Fellow and former CFTC Chair, discusses his takeaways from the hearing as a witness and the "skepticism" around formulating clearer crypto legislation in the U.S.

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SEC Blasted on Custody Proposal by JPMorgan, Crypto Firms and a Fellow Agency

The U.S. securities regulator recently proposed requiring investment advisers to keep customers’ crypto assets with “qualified custodians” and is now facing wide criticism for the potential future rule.

Gary Gensler, chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Evelyn Hockstein-Pool/Getty Images)

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Securities vs. Commodities: Why It Matters For Crypto

The debate over whether cryptocurrencies should be defined as securities, like stocks, or commodities, like wheat or gold, has implications for whether, how and by whom they are regulated.

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Valores mobiliários versus commodities: por que é importante para a Cripto

O debate sobre se as criptomoedas devem ser definidas como valores mobiliários, como ações, ou mercadorias, como o trigo ou o ouro, tem implicações sobre se, como e por quem são reguladas.

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