Within Congress, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is picking up political momentum to regulate crypto markets directly. On June 23, a subcommittee of the House Agriculture Committee held a hearing on “the Future of Digital Assets Regulation.” That future, by all appearances, looks a lot like it belongs with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. “Should the CFTC have direct statutory authority to regulate cash markets,” asked new subcommittee chairman Sean Maloney (D-NY). Maloney’s inquiry reflects a long-running lingering question in Washington: which regulator should take point on crypto? “The CFTC is ... (full story)