CFTC’s ‘Crypto Dad’, exiting after five years, but ‘crypto has a bright future’ LeapRate

Former CFTC chairman has joined New York law firm to further Digital Age

May 21, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

CFTC’s ‘Crypto Dad’, exiting after five years, but ‘crypto has a bright future’

Parting is such sweet sorrow, especially when it happens to be someone in the regulatory establishment that has been a stalwart supporter of the crypto revolution and blockchain technology. J. Christopher Giancarlo, Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and affectionately known as 'Crypto Dad', will soon be stepping down from his post…

April 24, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bakkt launch date delayed by CFTC due to custodian warehousing details

The long-anticipated launch of the Bakkt exchange has been delayed twice, with the latter part of 2019 now its expected inauguration, but the reasons for the current delay has escaped everyone in the crypto community because neither the management of the Bakkt exchange nor the folks over at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have…

January 23, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CFTC names J. Christopher Giancarlo Acting Chairman

Commissioner J. Christopher Giancarlo was designated as Acting Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Mr. Giancarlo joined the CFTC on June 16, 2014 after being unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 3, 2014, to serve as a Commissioner of the CFTC, the federal agency that oversees the commodity futures, options…

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