Staying Ahead of the Curve: Crypto Regulation and Competitiveness
Featuring
Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Baker McKenzie
While much of the world advances regulation for crypto asset markets, the United States has yet to provide a stable and practical framework for U.S. crypto policy. Against the backdrop of last year’s failure of crypto exchange FTX and the Securities and Exchange Commission’s continued aggressive enforcement agenda against the crypto industry, congressional debate on regulatory frameworks for crypto asset markets and stablecoins has intensified. Legislative action to provide clarity, however, remains a work in progress. Does unclear regulation of crypto assets threaten the United States’ position as a financial leader? Will uncertainty drive digital innovation from U.S. shores? Is delay in enacting a fit-for-purpose regulatory regime harming U.S. entrepreneurs, developers, and users? How should new financial technologies that are designed to be open-source and decentralized be regulated? Join us at Cato’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives Annual Conference for an outstanding program featuring leading policymakers and experts discussing crypto regulation.
Schedule
Opening Remarks
Norbert Michel, Vice President and Director, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute
Fireside Chat with Senator Bill Hagerty (R‑TN)
Bill Hagerty, United States Senator, Tennessee
Moderated by Jennifer Schulp, Director of Financial Regulation Studies, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute
Stablecoins, the Dollar, and Regulation
Julie Hill, University of Alabama School of Law
Neel Maitra, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Jai Massari, Lightspark
Corey Then, Circle
Moderated by Leo Schwartz, Fortune
Crypto Regulatory Uncertainty and U.S. Competitiveness
Daniel Davis, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Ji Kim, Crypto Council for Innovation
Kathy Kraninger, Solidus Labs
Moderated by George Leonardo, Cap Hill Crypto
Lunch
Remarks by Caroline Pham (pre-recorded)
Caroline Pham, Commissioner, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Regulating Open-Source Financial Technology
Jessica Jonas, Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund
Bradford Newman, Baker McKenzie
Jack Solowey, Policy Analyst, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute
Yesha Yadav, Vanderbilt Law School
Moderated by Niki Christoff, Christoff & Co.
Closing Remarks
Jennifer Schulp, Director of Financial Regulation Studies, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute
Reception
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