Ex-CFTC Head Says Regulators Can Engage With Crypto ‘If They Have the Will to Do So’
Under Giancarlo’s watch as chairman, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission in 2017 approved regulated futures contracts tied to bitcoin (BTC), and, to this day, they remain the only fully regulated crypto product traded in the U.S., he said during a speech Wednesday at CoinDesk’s Consensus 2023 event.
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