Former CFTC Chair Gary Gensler Says Crypto Market Needs Regulation in Order to Grow

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Published May 02, 2019 07:32PM ET

Updated May 02, 2019 07:44PM ET

Former CFTC Chair Gary Gensler Says Crypto Market Needs Regulation in Order to Grow

Former chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Gary Gensler said that the cryptocurrency market needs regulation in order to grow, because consumers must be protected. Gensler shared his views with Cointelegraph at the Business of Blockchain event at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on May 2.

Speaking about the perspective on such services and products as custody and bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs), Gensler argued that for the market to prosper and potentially grow, investors should know that they have both investor and consumer protection embodied in the law in case of market manipulation or losing of private keys, among other issues.

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