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Congressman French Hill on Crypto and His Top Pick for the Next SEC Chair
Rep. French Hill, who is running to chair the House Financial Services Committee, reveals his preference for the next SEC chair if Trump wins, gives his odds on a crypto bill passing by year’s end, and says he supports the CFTC regulating spot crypto markets.
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In this episode of Unchained, Congressman French Hill provides an insider's perspective on the present and future of crypto regulation.
Hill delves into the ongoing legislation and the implications of the FIT21 Bill, shares his views on who should succeed Gary Gensler as SEC chair if Trump is re-elected, and discusses the controversial role of the CFTC in regulating the crypto industry. He also touches on the potential impacts of the Chevron doctrine being overturned by the Supreme Court, Trump’s evolving stance on crypto, and the latest developments in the Binance executive detention case in Nigeria.
Show highlights:
- How Rep. Hill's long-time passion for technological advancement led to his involvement in crypto and blockchain
- The current state of ongoing legislation and why Rep. Hill is proud of the FIT21 bill
- Who would be his top pick to chair the SEC if Trump is re-elected as president
- Why he supports having the CFTC regulate the spot crypto markets
- How he thinks teams should launch tokens in the US
- How he thinks the overturning of the Chevron doctrine will impact crypto
- Why Trump changed his mind on crypto, according to Rep. Hill
- Why Congressman Hill is running for chair of the House Financial Services Committee
- The update on Tigran Gambaryan, the Binance executive detained in Nigeria, whom Rep. Hill visited recently
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Guest
Congressman French Hill
Unchained Podcast is Produced by Laura Shin Media, LLC. Distributed by CoinDesk.
HOST
Laura Shin is a crypto journalist, host of the Unchained podcast, and author of “The Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze” (Public Affairs, 2022). Formerly a senior editor at Forbes, she was the first mainstream journalist to cover crypto full-time, and her podcasts and videos have had more than 15 million downloads and views. Shin has spoken about cryptocurrency at places such as TEDx San Francisco, the International Monetary Fund, Singularity University and the Oslo Freedom Forum.
She graduated Phi Beta Kappa with Honors from Stanford University and has a master of arts from Columbia University’s School of Journalism. She lives in New York City.

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