Episode 109: An Overview of the CFTC Technology Advisory Committee’s Meeting

On Wednesday, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) had a meeting of its Technology Advisory Committee (TAC). Anthony and James look at three keys themes that arose during the day-long discussion. 1:00 A quick reminder to enter the Sell-Side Technology Awards. 2:00 Anthony provides some metrics around previous TAC meetings, which have once again become rare occurrences. 5:00 US regulators are falling behind other countries in the fintech space, according to some. 11:00 The TAC gave little insight as to Regulation Automated Trading’s fate. 17:00 One commissioner says that the cryptocurrency industry should form a self-regulatory organization. James examines whether that’s a good idea or not (hint: not). 22:00 Sometimes Anthony and James like to use the podcast to get some things off their chest. In this case, they talk about gun control in America. Feel free to skip their meandering conversation.