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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has officially appointed executives from Coinbase, Kraken, Gemini, Ripple, Chainlink, and other major crypto firms to a newly formed federal advisory committee.

The group's mandate is to help shape emerging policy around digital asset markets, derivatives oversight, and financial innovation. What's significant here isn't that crypto companies are engaging with regulators—that's been happening for years through lobbying and public comment periods. What's different is formalization.

These executives now hold advisory positions on a federal committee, which means they have structured input into policy development before rules are finalized. That's not the same as writing the rules, but it's closer than most industries ever get. The composition matters too.

You've got exchanges like Coinbase, Kraken, and Gemini—companies that directly interface with retail users and institutional clients. Then you have Ripple, which has been in a multi-year legal battle with the SEC, and Chainlink, which represents oracle infrastructure that sits between blockchains and real-world data.

That's a wide range of perspectives, and it suggests the CFTC is trying to account for different layers of the stack when drafting policy. Whether this results in better regulation or just regulatory capture is the open question, but either way, the dynamic has shifted.

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Regulatory Shift: Europe’s Crypto Risk Review & Policy Debate

In Italy, authorities have launched an “in-depth” review of cryptocurrency investment risks, signaling growing concern over retail investor protection and systemic stability. Reuters
Meanwhile in Poland, Parliament upheld the presidential veto on a bill that would have aligned crypto regulation with MiCA — the European Union’s crypto-assets framework. The veto prevents tighter oversight and criminal penalties for misuse, underscoring ongoing political divisions about how strictly crypto should be regulated. Reuters.
These developments highlight the widening regulatory divide across Europe — and the uncertainty institutional investors face when considering cross-border crypto exposure.

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