Crypto lobbying is going ballistic
As regulators toughen up, companies hope to influence where the rules end up
BETWEEN 2017 and mid-2021 the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), America’s derivatives-markets regulator, was one of the agencies that discussed crypto the most. Brian Quintenz, who ran its technology committee, was responsible for much of that, organising presentations on everything from the integrity of bitcoin spot markets to the subject of decentralised finance. “I developed a reputation as being…an advocate of innovation,” he says.
This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline “Crypto’s crew”
Finance & economics December 11th 2021
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