DEX in the City: Why the Prediction Market Bans Could Just Be Beginning

Former FTX General Counsel Ryne Miller joins the DEX in the City crew to unpack the CFTC's crypto moves. Does the agency have the staffing to achieve its “aggressive” agenda?

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission under Chair Mike Selig has unveiled an expansive agenda across artificial intelligence, crypto and prediction markets. 

Former CFTC staffer and FTX General Counsel Ryne Miller joins DEX in the City hosts Vy Le and Jessi Brooks to unpack the agenda and answer whether the regulator has the resources to fulfill it.

According to Miller, the agenda could see the agency return to a schedule similar to the Dodd-Frank era under then-Chair Gary Gensler. 

Beyond the CFTC's regulatory moves, Miller also weighs in on the growing bans on the use of prediction markets by certain officials. Find out why he says it is a trend that is likely to continue. Plus, should Canton be segregated from other blockchains?

Hosts:

• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jessi Brooks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, General Counsel at Ribbit Capital

• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TuongVy Le, General Counsel at Veda

Guest:

• ⁠Ryne Miller, Partner at Morrison Foerster & Former FTX General Counsel

Links:

• Unchained:

• CFTC Clears Path for Phantom to Bridge Crypto Wallets and Derivatives

• CFTC Moves to Rein In Prediction Markets as Industry Booms

• SEC and CFTC Move Toward Unified Crypto Rules

• Crypto Startup Bet on Its Own Fundraise on Polymarket, Then Apologized

• How Prediction Markets Make Espionage So Much Easier — and Risk National Security

• Visa Approves Its First Blockchain Governance Proposal, Joining Canton Network as Super Validator

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