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CFTC Needs Dialogue with Market Participants to Modernize Regulation, Says Commissioner Johnson
CFTC Commissioner Kristin Johnson urges Congress to expand the U.S. agency's authority to review crypto acquisitions. Johnson joins "First Mover" to discuss how the CFTC might further expand its role in overseeing the crypto industry and the broader markets. "The CFTC needs to engage in a dialogue with market participants to understand effectively how to modernize our regulation," Johnson said.
CFTC Commissioner Johnson on Agency’s Authority to Review Crypto Acquisitions
Following FTX’s swift, stunning collapse in November, crypto industry participants, lawmakers and regulators alike have all been mulling the same questions: Why did FTX's implosion blindside regulators, and how can the next crypto crisis be prevented? CFTC Commissioner Kristin Johnson joins "First Mover" to discuss.
CFTC Commissioner Kristin Johnson Urges Congress to Expand Agency’s Authority to Review Crypto Acquisitions
Johnson reiterated concerns that the old regulatory frameworks, like antitrust legislation, may not be enough to prevent the next crypto crisis.
Stablecoin Regulation Is First on New Subcommittee’s To-Do List, Says Chairman
Rep. French Hill said the digital assets subcommittee plans to use its stablecoins draft as a model for how it will approach digital asset regulation moving forward.
Rep. French Hill on Priorities of Digital Assets Committee
Rep. French Hill (R-Arkansas), discusses the priorities of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion as its chair and how the crypto industry can expect clarity on which agency, the SEC or the CFTC, will seek explicit oversight. "That's exactly what we're going to sort through," Rep. Hill said.
SEC Is ‘Asleep at the Wheel,’ Rep. Davidson of Ohio Says
Warren Davidson, a Republican, said the agency isn't doing enough to regulate crypto.
Rep. Davidson on Brewing Crypto Turf War
The SEC has proposed that it should play a central role in regulating the digital asset industry, and so has the CFTC. Should Congress pass a law to dictate which agency will be given explicit oversight of the spot markets? "We may have to," Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) said. "But I don't understand how it's not already clear when bitcoin in particular is a commodity."
What If Regulators Wrote Rules for Crypto?
The SEC and CFTC are unlikely to issue new rules covering crypto this year. But, if they did, calls from policymakers to regulate through rulemaking rather than enforcement offer a useful way forward, says Michael Selig, an attorney at Willkie Farr & Gallagher.
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.
CFTC Calls for Default Judgment Against Ooki DAO in Ongoing Lawsuit
A judge ruled last month the agency had properly served the DAO after two token holders were served with the lawsuit.
