Ep 2: Why the US needs a framework to regulate digital assets

2022-04-06

30 minutes

Ep 2: Why the US needs a framework to regulate digital assets

Regulation

About this episode

Why is the CFTC is an appropriate regulator for digital assets? Why is principles-based regulation better than prescriptive regulation for innovative markets? Why is it essential to create a framework to classify tokens sensibly? How can the SEC and CFTC potentially work together on such a framework? What does the global perspective look like? How does this all tie to The Tree of Web3 Wisdom?.

The podcast was moderated by Olta Andoni, General Counsel of Enclave Markets.

Guests

Summer Mersinger

Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

About our guest

Summer Mersinger: About speakers text

Olta Andoni: About the other speaker

Podcast transcript

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