After two years of serving as chief data officer (CDO) at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Dr. Theodore Kaouk has moved to the new position of CDO and director of the Data Division at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) – an independent agency that oversees regulation of the U.S. derivatives markets – according to his LinkedIn account. […]

Securities and Exchange Commission member Hester Peirce said on July 21 that Congress ought to weigh in on regulatory jurisdictions that should apply to various types of cryptocurrencies and other digital assets, and said those jurisdictions might vary depending on the different attributes of some digital assets. […]

Rep. Darren Soto, D-Fla., along with Christy Goldsmith Romero, a newly appointed commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), today urged Congress to provide regulatory clarity on the growing cryptocurrency and blockchain industries. […]

New bipartisan legislation from Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Cynthia Lummis, R-Wy., aims to create a complete regulatory framework for digital assets such as cryptocurrencies, but the senators emphasized today how the bill also addresses the cyber aspect of digital assets. […]