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Policy

IOSCO Taps Belgian Regulator Servais as Chair, US CFTC Chief as No. 2

The global standard setter on securities has been more focused on crypto lately, and new vice chairman Rostin Behnam of the CFTC has been at the center of the U.S. policy debate.

Jean-Paul Servais (left) will be replacing Ashley Alder (right) as chairman of IOSCO. (IOSCO)

Videos

Seed Club Co-Creator: 'DAOs Aren't People. It's a Network'

The CFTC should identify and serve the people it believes are responsible for Ooki DAO's alleged violations rather than the DAO itself as an entity, a community of lawyers called "LeXpunK Army" argued Monday. Jess Sloss, co-creator of the DAO Accelerator Network "Seed Club," discusses his take on the Ooki DAO case and whether DAOs are people. Plus, Sloss shares insights into the Seed Club's mission and a preview of his panel at CoinDesk's I.D.E.A.S. 2022 in New York City.

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Videos

Rep. Himes on US Crypto Regulation Outlook

As election season nears, Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) joins "First Mover" live from I.D.E.A.S. 2022 in New York City to discuss the future of U.S. crypto regulations amid the market downturn and a brewing turf war between the SEC and CFTC. Plus, his take on CBDCs and stablecoins across the globe and why "there's room for both." 

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Policy

DAOs Aren't People, Crypto Lawyers Tell Court in CFTC's Ooki Case

The CFTC should serve the people it believes are responsible for Ooki DAO's alleged violations rather than the DAO itself, LeXpunK Army argued Monday.

Attorney Stephen Palley, who co-authored an amicus brief arguing the CFTC should identify and serve the members of Ooki DAO rather than serve the DAO as an entity online. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

SEC, CFTC Probing Bankrupt Crypto Hedge Fund Three Arrows Capital: Report

The federal agencies are looking into whether Three Arrows misled investors about its balance sheet and whether the hedge fund should have registered with them.

Comisión de Bolsa y Valores de Estados Unidos. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Crypto Venture Capital Fund Paradigm Also Wants CFTC to Serve Ooki DAO's Members

Paradigm has become the third entity to try and join the Ooki DAO case, arguing the CFTC should identify and serve its lawsuit against individual members rather than the DAO as a whole.

CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam (Suzanne Cordeiro/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Policy

CFTC’s Behnam Calls FTX Idea a Potential ‘Evolution’ in Market Structure

Chairman Rostin Behnam says the FTX proposal for directly clearing certain crypto derivatives without intermediaries is still being weighed and would mark a “significant shift.”

Rostin Behnam, chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

CFTC Commissioner to Pitch Retail Investor Definition to Get Set for Crypto

Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero says the agency needs a new way of categorizing investors as it prepares for new digital-assets oversight.

Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

SEC Chairman Says CFTC Should Get More Power to Oversee Stablecoins: Report

Gary Gensler pointed out that the CFTC doesn't have direct authority to write rules for the firms that issue stablecoins.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Alex Wong/Getty Images)