Former
@CFTC
Chairman, business exec, attorney, writer, husband, father, advocate for orderly, vibrant & entrepreneurial capital markets, aka "CryptoDad."
“The question for US policy makers is whether they have the courage to let crypto innovation take place in an intelligently regulated fashion with broad economic benefit or the irresolution to force it to happen elsewhere.”
#CryptoDad
– The Fight for the Future of Money”
“Imposing KYC rules on private wallet holders is premised on a flawed assumption that independent cryptocurrency dealings are inherently illegitimate and undeserving of personal privacy, even if conducted for lawful purposes. “My op-Ed
@CoinDesk
OPINION: The U.S. Treasury’s decision to impose know-your-customer rules to private cryptocurrency wallets is flawed in more ways than one.
@giancarloMKTS
explains how the public deserves better.
Seeing the greatest danger to
#America
’s future in
#Washington
’s focus on the past, my new book
#CryptoDad
urges courageous new policy leadership to harness the digitization of the global economy and the coming future of money
Total respect for
@BrianBrooksOCC
call for regulator courage in reinterpreting old regulatory frameworks to better accommodate rather than stymie new exponential digital technology.
#DiFi
#cryptocurrency
#fintechs
Next: people who hold stocks cannot work on US economic policy or use electricity can’t work on US energy policy or eat food cannot work on US agriculture policy
Interested in crypto assets, machine learning, cloud technologies and other hot topics in
#fintech
? Join
@CFTC
for its inaugural conference,
#FinTechFoward18
, on October 3 and 4. Register today:
Just finished reading Food Stamp Warrior by
@JohnEDeaton
. Amazing story of human courage & determination. Inspiring and uplifting. Couldn’t put the book down.
The Bank of England appoints Accenture as the Technology Delivery Partner for the Real Time Gross Settlement Service Renewal Programme | Bank of England
A director at the IMF has spoken of the value the private sector could bring to central bank digital currencies, should they be adopted by nations.
@Sebsinclair1989
reports
“The cat’s out of the bag for technology innovation around the future of
#money
. Work on
#CBDC
is happening across the globe and will continue to accelerate.”
U.S. Senate Banking to hold hearing tomorrow on competing with China's economy. Chair
@TomCottonAR
stated
#digitaldollar
is key to winning against China. Exclusive chat prior with witness
@giancarloMKTS
on his third testimony in weeks via
@ForbesCrypto
The
@ChamberDigital
was founded in July ‘14 to support the adoption of
#blockchain
tech. Today we were featured in Times Square.
- 3.5 years
- 160+ Members
- Countless advocates created throughout D.C. and beyond
Thank you
@Nasdaq
for your support!
China is starting to test the Digital RMB and educate its citizens. 🇨🇳
This video is circulating WeChat: China's digital currency in action w/ the Agricultural Bank of China
The woman takes out 50RMB from her bank card & converts it into China's new digital RMB
"We want our elected officials to experience the power of blockchain technology in their own hands," says
@PerianneDC
on
#CryptoforCongress
donating $50 to lawmakers. "Blockchain is the financial infrastructure of the new digital economy."
Congratulations to
@SEC_News
, Chair Clayton & Commissioners Roisman &
@HesterPeirce
for empowering smart investors, not just wealthy elites, to invest in promising private companies. Economic
#liberty
is part of
#American
#freedom
.
The pending launch of
#Bitcoin
#ETFs
on
#Futures
is testament to quality of
@CFTC
market regulation. Yet, green lighting of Bitcoin futures in 2017 faced enormous resistance. Read how we pushed back & embraced change:
France's Central Bank Governor said that a public/private partnership would be the best way to issue a Central Bank Digital Currency
"Appropriate synergies between the private & public sector could lead to a better
#CBDC
being put into circulation one day"
Just two legal nerds cheesin’ over crypto‘s future 🤓😁 w/
@giancarloCFTC
Shoutout to
@a16z
for organizing the crypto regulatory summit- getting both crypto folks + regulators in a room really spurred some important & necessary dialogue for the future.
Proud to have signed first ever finTech cooperation agreement on behalf of US market regulator
@CFTC
with Monetary Authority of government of Singapore
@MAS_sg
SEC Chairman Clayton & I penned an op-ed in today’s
@WSJ
on virtual currency. We will continue to work together to bring transparency & integrity to these markets &, importantly, to deter & prosecute fraud & abuse
FTX US acquired
@ledgerx
! We’re looking forward to working with
@zachdex
and the excellent LedgerX team to bring regulated crypto futures and options trading to the US market!
3 take-aways: 1)
@CFTC
continues to bring
#crypto
into regulatory envelope by existing reg process, not just by enforcement, 2)
#SRO
oversight still key to orderly
@CFTC
mkts incl. crypto & 3) fits w/intermediated structure of US futures mkts.
@Coinbase
@brian_armstrong
I am pleased to see our findings on the benefits and the challenges of a digital euro. In these times of rapid technological progress we must ensure that our payment systems continue to keep up with the needs of the people who use them.
#DigitalDollarProject
’s White Paper will be published tomorrow on , making the case & setting up framework for US
#CBDC
thru iterative public/private process.
@dbtreat
and I will discuss w/
@CodeXCoasts
at tomorrow at noon. Be there!
@JohnEDeaton1
In fact, it is not for you, me or any regulator in constitutional free market economy to tell free people how to invest in otherwise lawful products. Let diverse opinions resolve themselves in well regulated trading and the marketplace of ideas, not whim of government officials
#SEC
Commissioner
#Crypto
mom Hester Peirce is still working to make regulations flexible enough to allow more
#Crypto
innovation
@HesterPeirce
wants to see new
#Cryptocurrency
projects get a fair shake at US capital markets with regulatory clarity
I hope someone can moderate a discussion between me and
@novogratz
soon on how things really are in DC.
We share similar values, hair styles, and visions for crypto. AND it would help us both: I’d seem less crazy, and he would scare the shit out of his party.
Mike: You game?
Such an unexpected and lovely surprise to receive an award at the
@DigitalChamber
Digital Assets Benefit Dinner in Las Vegas last night.
Thank you to
@PerianneDC
and the Chamber for putting on such a great event and for bringing together some truly awesome people. ✨