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#171 - Why the CFTC is the best regulator for crypto with former Chairman Chris Giancarlo
Category: Technology
Duration: 00:36:26
Publish Date: 2026-02-04 10:00:00
Description:

What could the future of U.S. crypto regulation look like from the CFTC—and how should regulators approach tokenization, prediction markets, and stablecoins as digital finance moves on-chain?

Chris Giancarlo is Senior Counsel for Corporate and Financial Services at Willkie Farr & Gallagher and the former Chair of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, where he oversaw the regulation of futures, options, and swaps markets, including the launch of Bitcoin futures.

Timestamps:

➡️ 1:15 — Advice for new CFTC Chair Mike Selig

➡️ 3:06 — Why crypto inverts the CFTC’s traditional regulatory model

➡️ 6:53 — How the SEC and CFTC should divide authority over digital assets

➡️ 8:54 — Why the commodity vs. security distinction still matters

➡️ 15:13 — DTCC’s no-action relief and the future of tokenized market infrastructure

➡️ 19:27 — Will TradFi absorb crypto—or will crypto reshape TradFi?

➡️ 21:46 — Prediction markets, federal preemption, and state resistance

➡️ 27:40 — Why prediction markets need regulation, not suppression

➡️ 29:42 — Stablecoins, privacy, and exporting U.S. values through digital dollars

Sponsor: This episode is brought to you by the Decentralization Research Center (DRC), a nonprofit think tank advocating for decentralization in emerging technologies. Learn more at thedrcenter.org.

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