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Feb 28, 2024 - 35min

EPISODE 51

The CFTC’s Role in Crypto with Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero

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This week CFTC Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero joins Ari on TRM Talks for a discussion of the Commissioner’s journey, the CFTC’s regulation of crypto and the CFTC Technology Advisory Committee’s recent report on DeFi. On the report — which attempted to balance opportunities and risks in the DeFi ecosystem – Commissioner Goldsmith Romero explains:

“When you look at the recommendations [in the TAC DeFi report] it starts with a sort of map out where DeFi is, where does it fall within the existing law? Clearly some of it falls within existing law because the CFTC has brought some enforcement actions. But, what is missing? Where’s the regulatory gap? The benefits and risks are based on how the system is designed.”

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About the guests

Christy Goldsmith Romero
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Christy Goldsmith Romero was sworn in as a CFTC Commissioner on March 30, 2022, after being nominated by President Joseph Biden in September 2021, and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Commissioner Goldsmith Romero began her career as a clerk to Judge Robert Clive Jones. She subsequently worked for in private practice and then at U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Enforcement from 2003 to 2007 investigating financial institution fraud, insider trading, and other violations of securities law. Commissioner Goldsmith Romero also served as counsel to SEC Chair's Christopher Cox and Mary Schapiro.

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