- Former Acting CFTC Chair Caroline Pham said the digital-asset market can be overseen under the current regulatory framework without a separate crypto market structure law.
- She said the CFTC's principles-based regulatory framework can cover derivatives tied to AI computing resources as well as leveraged crypto trading for retail investors, and that federal oversight is more effective for investor protection.
- Pham also stressed the different roles of tokenized deposits, stablecoins, tokenized stocks, and NFTs, and said tokenized securities trading on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq could begin in earnest.
Former Acting CFTC Chair Pham Says Existing Laws Are Sufficient to Regulate Crypto
Former Acting Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Caroline Pham said the digital-asset market can be overseen under the current regulatory framework without a separate crypto market structure law.
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Former Acting Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Caroline Pham said the digital-asset market can be overseen under the current regulatory framework without a separate crypto market structure law.
The Block reported on October 12 that Pham, speaking at the Token2049 conference in Singapore, said that under the Commodity Exchange Act, virtually everything qualifies as a commodity except onions and movie box-office receipts, underscoring the breadth of the CFTC's authority. Pham now serves as chief legal officer and chief administrative officer at crypto payments company MoonPay.
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