What happens to crypto regulation without the CLARITY Act?
The CFTC had a Plan B.
Michael Passalacqua, head of the CFT | Hanami
What happens to crypto regulation without the CLARITY Act?
The CFTC had a Plan B.
Michael Passalacqua, head of the CFTC’s Innovation Task Force joins @RebeccaRettig1 and @renato_mariotti on The Policy Protocol to explain how the agency is moving forward with crypto regulation, including a potential federal framework for exchanges, new rules for onchain finance and AI-driven trading.
Watch the full conversation.
Chapters/Timecodes:
00:00 Welcome to The Policy Protocol
01:54 Renato at the Chicago Fed Payments Symposium
02:19 Hot Topic: CFTC Says Sportsbook Bets Aren't Swaps
03:51 Hot Topic: The OCC Debanking 'Bombshell' Report
06:02 Michael Passalacqua of the CFTC Joins
06:44 Reg CM: A Federal Path for Crypto Exchanges
10:24 Inside the CFTC Innovation Task Force
10:56 Super Intelligence and the Frontier Forum
12:04 The Phantom No-Action Letter and Industry-Wide IB Relief
14:47 Agentic Finance and Autonomous Trading
16:20 Defining 'Onchain Finance'
16:45 The Post-CLARITY Rulemaking Roadmap