The former top U.S. commodities regulator has joined BlockFi’s board of directors, the crypto lender announced Tuesday.
"Crypto Dad" made his case for the next evolution of America's greenback.
The proposal games out CBDC scenarios for fundamentally different potential digital currency end users.
The fact investors buy XRP for different reasons means it's more like a new form of currency than it is a security, says former CFTC head Christopher Giancarlo.
Led by Swiss crypto exchange Lykke, a $200,000 initiative to fund tech-driven COVID-19 relief projects has tapped ex-CFTC chair Chris Giancarlo as its advisor.
The Digital Dollar Foundation has tapped a number of former government officials and industry experts as advisors as it looks to design and promote a U.S. CBDC.
Cryptocurrencies could be at the heart of a new Cold War, at least according to some investors at the Crypto Finance Conference in St. Moritz.
"We saw a bubble building and we thought the best way to address it was to allow the market to interact with it," said Christopher Giancarlo.
LedgerX claims former CFTC Chairman Christopher Giancarlo threatened the company for personal reasons, two letters obtained by CoinDesk reveal.
Former CFTC chairman Christopher Giancarlo has joined the advisory board of the Chamber of Digital Commerce.
CFTC Chair Christopher Giancarlo said the cryptocurrency market will mature as institutional investors enter the space.
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is "falling behind" in understanding blockchain technology, chairman Christopher Giancarlo said.