Crypto Currently: CFTC Regulation of Crypto Assets

Join us for the second session in our webinar series addressing the focus of various government agencies on cryptocurrency.

During this program, WilmerHale attorneys Matthew B. Kulkin, Paul M. Architzel and Matthew Beville, with Tiffany J. Smith as moderator, will discuss the heightened focus on crypto by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and how this heightened focus could impact crypto market participants.

The panelists will discuss the following:

  • the CFTC’s jurisdiction over cryptocurrencies;
  • recent CFTC actions, including enforcement cases, related to cryptocurrencies;
  • how the CFTC (and the National Futures Association) monitor cryptocurrency markets; and
  • recent legislative proposals to expand the CFTC’s role in regulating cryptocurrency markets.

During the webinar, participants will have the opportunity to contribute questions online. CLE credit will be provided.

About WilmerHale’s Crypto Currently Webinar Series

This webinar is part of a series presented by our Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Working Group, a cross-disciplinary group of lawyers that helps dynamic companies stay agile and achieve their goals while mitigating risk and guides established financial institutions as they explore the potential of blockchain and crypto. Consistent with President Biden’s Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets, which calls for a “whole-of-government strategy” for crypto, these webinars will address the approaches taken by various government agencies to regulate crypto, including the Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Federal Trade Commission and Internal Revenue Service.