Policy
Can you regulate a machine? Walt Lukken on the CFTC's Innovation Committee
CoinDesk's The Policy Protocol host Renato Mariotti takes a deep dive into the CFTC's inaugural Innovation Advisory Committee. Renato breaks down the viral, spicy exchange between CME Group CEO Terry Duffy and CFTC Chairman Michael Selig over event contracts and market manipulation, and introduces his own comment-letter concept "accountability arbitrage" that focuses on the enforcement gap that opens up when an AI agent authors a trading strategy. He then sits down with the committee's chair, Walt Lukken, President and CEO of the Futures Industry Association and a former acting CFTC chairman, who explains why Chairman Selig stood up the committee, how FIA is welcoming retail-first and formerly-offshore entrants while holding the line on customer protections, and why the hardest open question in the room was how to hold a machine accountable.
White House's Patrick Witt: CLARITY is 'not a giveaway' to crypto and Trump's 'historic' ethics concession
CoinDesk's The Policy Protocol hosts Rebecca Rettig and Renato Mariotti open on the week's biggest policy news from SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce's statement on crypto vaults to the London Stock Exchange's launch of a 24/5 tokenized market. Then, Patrick Witt, Executive Director of the President's Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, joins to make the case that the CLARITY Act deserves a Senate floor vote before the August recess and argues that President Trump's agreement to subject himself to conduct restrictions is a "historic" and unprecedented ethics concession. Witt also breaks down the CFTC's expanded mission and the fight over funding and staffing. Plus, Rebecca and Renato debrief on the lessons of MiCA and the state of bipartisan compromise on the Hill, and name the state attorneys general, led by an op-ed from Montana's AG, as their Person of the Week.
Does the Clarity Act have a human trafficking blind spot?
CoinDesk's The Policy Protocol hosts Rebecca Rettig and Renato Mariotti open with two hot topics: Coinbase's SEC-registered AI agentic trading launch and tribal gaming operators' letter to Senators Thune and Schumer demanding that the CLARITY Act include a prohibition on prediction markets. Then Katie Boller Gosewisch, Executive Director of the Alliance to End Human Trafficking, joins to challenge CLARITY's Section 604, arguing that shielding DeFi developers from money-transmitter liability creates a "duty of care" gap that traffickers can exploit. Plus, Rebecca and Renato close by naming Meta as their Person of the Week for its reported move into points-based prediction markets.
CFTC not ready for crypto's expansion, expert warns
CoinDesk's The Policy Protocol hosts Rebecca Rettig and Renato Mariotti dig into the New York Times investigation of the CFTC and Kalshi's latest lawsuit against Minnesota before sitting down with Aaron Klein, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Klein argues that independent financial regulators have been turned into "subsidiaries of the White House," warns that the CFTC is not structurally up to the jurisdiction CLARITY would hand it, and makes the case that the SEC and CFTC should be merged. He also unpacks lessons from Dodd-Frank and the savings-and-loan crisis. Plus, Rebecca and Renato debrief on the CFTC staffing debate and name House Agriculture Chairman GT Thompson and Ranking Member Angie Craig as their People of the Week for their bipartisan push to fill out the CFTC commission.
Schwab brings crypto to 38M users; North Korea 'simply' to blame for recent DeFi hacks
On this debut episode of CoinDesk's new show The Policy Protocol, co-hosts Renato Mariotti and Rebecca Rettig break down Schwab's rollout of crypto to nearly 40 million brokerage accounts and the Kelp DAO hack tied to North Korea. Ari Redbord, Global Head of Policy at TRM Labs, joins to make the case for going on offense against DPRK hackers and cracking down on non-compliant offshore exchanges.
Ang regulasyon at mga derivatives ay nakakatulong sa paghikayat sa mga institusyong TradFi na makapasok sa Crypto, sabi ng mga panelist
Ang hindi pakikilahok sa desentralisadong Finance ay nagiging isang panganib sa karera para sa mga tradisyunal na propesyonal sa Finance , ayon sa mga panelista.
Nagbabala si Senador Elizabeth Warren tungkol sa kasunduan ni Trump sa Crypto sa 'spy sheikh'
Hiniling ng senador ang imbestigasyon matapos ang ulat na nag-uugnay sa pinuno ng intelligence ng Emirati sa Secret na pamumuhunan sa Crypto venture sa US.
Makikipagpulong ang White House sa mga ehekutibo ng Crypto at pagbabangko upang talakayin ang panukalang batas sa istruktura ng merkado
Naantala ang botohan sa batas ngayong buwan matapos magkaroon ng pagtutol sa kung paano nito iminumungkahi ang regulasyon patungkol sa mga stablecoin.
Sinabi ng VP ng Coinbase na ang 'nakamamatay na mga depekto' sa panukalang batas sa Crypto ng Senado ang nagtulak sa biglaang pag-alis ng suporta
Ipinaliwanag ni Kara Calvert, VP ng Policy ng US ng Coinbase, kung ano ang nagtulak sa Coinbase na lumabag sa batas ilang oras bago ang nakatakdang pagtaas ng presyo.
Malamang na naantala ng Banking Committee ang panukalang batas sa Crypto nang ilang linggo matapos bawiin ng Coinbase ang suporta nito
Ang momentum para sa mga bagong patakaran sa Crypto sa Washington ay bumagal nang husto at hindi inaasahang magpapatuloy ito nang hindi bababa sa ilang linggo.
