Chris Giancarlo

Chris Giancarlo is an American attorney and financial executive who served as the 13th Chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission from 2017 to 2019, after joining the agency as a commissioner in 2014. During his tenure he oversaw the launch of the first regulated Bitcoin futures products and championed a "Do No Harm" approach to blockchain innovation, which earned him the enduring nickname "CryptoDad." Before government service he helped build GFI Group into a leading derivatives trading platform and technology vendor, guiding it through private equity financing and an IPO. After leaving the CFTC he became senior counsel at Willkie Farr & Gallagher, co-founded the Digital Dollar Project to advance exploration of a US central bank digital currency, and authored the book "CryptoDad: The Fight for the Future of Money."

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