CFTC Announces Innovation Advisory Committee Members, Multiple Crypto Industry Leaders Selected

Odaily News The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has appointed members to its newly established Innovation Advisory Committee, which includes CEOs from Coinbase, Ripple, Robinhood, and Uniswap Labs.

Other new members include Chris Dixon from a16z Crypto, Anatoly Yakovenko from Solana Labs, Peter Mintzberg from Grayscale, Sergey Nazarov from Chainlink Labs, and Alana Palmedo from Paradigm. Additionally, advisors include CEOs from traditional firms such as Nasdaq, CME Group, Cboe Global Markets, the Futures Industry Association (FIA), and the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA). Bullish CEO Tom Farley is also a member of the committee.

The committee has 35 members and aims to provide guidance to the CFTC on the needs of financial innovation companies. CFTC Chairman Mike Selig stated that the committee will be a significant asset to the CFTC in its process of modernizing rules and regulations.