CFTC Acting Chair: ‘Nearly 60%’ of Cryptos Are Commodities

Oct 28, 2021

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.

On today’s episode, NLW does an extended brief, covering:

• The CFTC Chair arguing for more power to regulate crypto
• Comments from the FDIC chair saying that banks need to be allowed to participate in crypto markets 
• The latest CBDC efforts from Europe and Nigeria
• Bakkt hooks up with Mastercard
• A bitcoin ETF news roundup
• Robinhood down badly in crypto revenue for Q3

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