A CFTC Commissioner Proposes a New Definition of Retail Investor

The commissioner hopes better definitions will lead to better investor protections.

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This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Circle and FTX US.

Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW covers a number of stories from across the crypto space, including:

A new definition of retail investors?
Mastercard gets deeper into crypto with Paxos
Why BNY Mellon is going bigger on crypto
SEC and CFTC look into Three Arrows Capital
Paradigm files amicus brief in the Ooki DAO lawsuit

“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell and research by Scott Hill. Jared Schwartz is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. Music behind our sponsors today is “War” by Enoch Yang and “The Life We Had” by Moments. Image credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk. Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.

HOST

Nathaniel Whittemore

NLW is an independent strategy and communications consultant for leading crypto companies as well as host of The Breakdown – the fastest-growing podcast in crypto. Whittemore has been a VC with Learn Capital, was on the founding team of Change.org, and founded a program design center at his alma mater Northwestern University that helped inspire the largest donation in the school’s history.