Crypto 2022: Policy Week

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Introducing a week of content about how regulators are shaping the digital assets industry (or trying).

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Why a Bitcoin Futures ETF Is Bad for Investors

It takes more than derivatives to contango.

By Michael J. CaseyOct 22, 2021

Finance

Gensler for a Day: Regulating DeFi With Fireblocks CEO Michael Shaulov

The key is getting decentralized identity right.

By David Z. MorrisOct 22, 2021

Michael Shaulov, CEO of DeFi infrastructure firm Fireblocks (courtesy Fireblocks)

Policy

Lassoing a Stallion: How Gary Gensler Could Approach DeFi Enforcement

The SEC may “pierce the veil” of “decentralization theater” by going after individuals involved in DeFi projects, observers say.

By David Z. MorrisOct 21, 2021

EUREKA, NV - JULY 8: A group of wild horses is rounded up during a gathering July 8, 2005 in Eureka, Nevada. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management wants to reduce herds in the American west, where an estimated 37,000 of the horses roam free, to 28,000 by the end of 2005. The U.S. periodically removes thousands of horses and donkeys in an attempt to ensure western rangelands have adequate food and water for the animals to survive. Those animals are either adopted out or housed indefinitely on government sanctuaries. Currently 24,000 horses and donkeys are housed in government-run facilities. Recently passed legislation allows for the sale for slaughter of wild horses and donkeys older than ten years old and animals that have been unsuccessfully offered for adoption at least three times, eliminating restrictions that had been in place since 1971 which prevented wild horses from being sold commercially. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Policy

The View From Brussels: How the EU Plans to Regulate Crypto

European Parliament member Eva Kaili says Facebook’s libra announcement in 2019 catalyzed lawmakers into action on digital assets.

By Sandali HandagamaOct 20, 2021

Policy

Some NFTs Are Probably Illegal. Does the SEC Care?

Commissioner Hester Peirce has words of advice for NFT makers and platforms.

By Will GottsegenOct 20, 2021

Policy

What Stablecoins Might Become

At issue is whether issuers of the digital assets will be regulated like banks.

By Bennett TomlinOct 20, 2021

Policy

Kill the BitLicense

The state’s regulatory regime has been bad for New York and bad for crypto.

By Alex Adelman, Aubrey StrobelOct 19, 2021

Policy

The CFTC Was Proved Right on Bitcoin Futures. What’s Next for the Agency?

For years the commodities overseer was the de facto regulator of crypto markets.

By Daniel KuhnOct 19, 2021

"Crypto Dad" Chris Giancarlo Talks About the New Digitization of Value

Policy

Gensler for a Day: How Rohan Grey Would Regulate Stablecoins

Stablecoins make use of the same shadow banking carveout that imperiled the financial system in 2008. That can’t continue, says the co-author of the Stablecoin Tethering and Bank Licensing Enforcement (STABLE) Act.

By Will GottsegenOct 19, 2021

Rohan Grey, Willamette University College of Law

Policy

DeFi Is Like Nothing Regulators Have Seen Before. How Should They Tackle It?

Without middlemen to deputize, the SEC and other regulators will have to rethink their approach to enforcement. A lot could go wrong.

By David Z. MorrisOct 19, 2021

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