Brian Quintenz on How the CFTC Regulates Cryptocurrencies

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Interview Location: Washington
Interview Date: Friday 21st Jun, 2019
Organisation: CFTC
Role: Commissioner

While Bitcoin is a way out of big government, a fight against ill-disciplined fiscal policies, it is to be expected that departments such as the CFTC and SEC will regulate the space. While China has taken the draconian decision to largely ban cryptocurrencies, the US has taken a more pro-innovation approach, aware that over-regulation will push the technology into other markets.

In this interview, I chat with Brian Quintenz, a commissioner at the CFTC. We discuss the difficulties in regulating the Bitcoin Futures markets, whether the current US government’s regulations are outdated and the history of the CFTC and Futures markets.

We discussed:
- The history of the CFTC
- How Futures work
- Self regulation v formal oversight
- Bitcoin's unique characteristics
- Facebook Libra
- Privacy coins

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Helpful Links:

Connect with Brian:
- On Twitter @CFTCquintenz
- At the CFTC
- On Wikipedia

Connect with the CFTC:
- At their Website
- On Facebook
- On Twitter
- On YouTube

Brian’s writing and presentation:
- Coin Center: How the CFTC can take a pro-innovation posture while maintaining orderly markets
- Blockchain insider Interview
- CFTC: Remarks of Commissioner Brian Quintenz at the 38th Annual GITEX Technology Week Conference
- DC Blockchain Summit 2018: Keynote: Commissioner Brian Quintenz
- CNBC: Republican CFTC Commissioner Brian Quintenz On Crypto Regulation

Mentioned in the interview:
- What are futures contracts
- Opening Statement of Brian D. Quintenz, Nominee to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- Bitcoin futures providers:
- CME
- CBOE
- Why Cryptocurrency Miners Are Trading Bitcoin Futures
- Christopher Giancarlo senate testimony hearing
- Book: The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking
- Film: Trading Places
- Investor accreditation
- Second US Congressional Hearing Is Scheduled on Facebook’s Libra Crypto
- Libra white paper
- Senate Banking Committee Holds Hearing on Crypto - Oct. 11, 2018
- G20 Reaffirms It Will Apply Expected Tough New FATF Rules on Crypto
- CFTC Chairman J. Christopher ‘Cryptodad’ Giancarlo to Retire After Term Ends in 2019

Other relevant WBD podcasts:
- WBD118: Caitlin Long on Why Facebook's Libra Coin is Good for Bitcoin
- WBD097: Peter Van Valkenburg on Lightning & The Law
- WBD089: Critiquing Bitcoin with Angela Walch
- WBD088: Matthew Hougan from Bitwise on Why 95% of Reported Bitcoin Trade Volume is Fake
- WBD054: VanEck's Gabor Gurbacs on Bringing a Bitcoin ETF to Market
- WBD050: The SEC's Hester Peirce on Regulating Cryptocurrencies
- WBD049: Coin Center's Peter Van Valkenburg on Preserving the Freedom to Innovate with Public Blockchains
- WBD035: The SEC, ETFs, XRP and Crypto Regulations with Jake Chervinsky
- WBD023: Bitcoin Institutional Investment with Michael Sonnenshein from Grayscale

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