The Trump White House has put forward Brian Quintenz as the next chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and, if confirmed, he will be working with a commodities and derivative markets regulator that has been experiencing several disruptions since the start of the year. Quintenz, who served as a CFTC commissioner from August… Read More >>
Paxos Launches U.S. Dollar Stablecoin: ‘Global Dollar’
Blockchain platform provider Paxos has introduced a U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin, Global Dollar (USDG), that will comply with the upcoming stablecoin framework from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Singapore’s central bank and integrated financial regulator. Paxos Digital Singapore Pte. Ltd. is the issuer of USDG and is regulated by MAS officials. “Paxos’s affiliate, Paxos Global… Read More >>
DTCC & Chainlink Explore Mutual Fund Tokenization
The DTCC and Chainlink have been busy with something they are calling the “Smart NAV pilot,” which was an attempt to apply the digital asset capabilities of both organizations to mutual fund tokenization. (NAV is “net asset value,” or an investment firm’s total assets once all liabilities have been subtracted.) In mid-May, both players went… Read More >>
CFTC Taps BNY Mellon & Franklin Templeton & Other News
Officials from Key Firms Join Digital Assets Subcommittee The CFTC recently announced that its Digital Asset Markets Subcommittee will have co-chairs from BNY Mellon and Franklin Templeton. Caroline Butler, global head of digital assets at BNY Mellon, and Sandy Kaul, senior vice president, head of digital and industry advisory services at Franklin Templeton, will serve… Read More >>
Crypto-Token Securities Need to Be Regulated: Gensler
The wild, wild west for crypto-tokens could be ending as SEC Chair Gary Gensler has asked SEC and CFTC staff to look into how these innovative instruments should be registered and regulated by the SEC. Gensler made his priorities clear during a speech earlier this week that focused on cryptocurrency markets. Among other issues, his… Read More >>
