TREE NEWS update: Caroline Pham said at Korea Blockchain Week that the SEC and CFTC already hold the authority needed to write clear digital asset rules. She argued the agencies can find the regulatory basis by taking the time to review their existing mandates. Pham is a sitting CFTC commissioner.
CFTC’s Caroline Pham Says SEC and CFTC Already Have Authority to Set Digital Asset Rules
Pham's point matters because it shifts the debate from whether new legislation is needed to whether the existing agencies are willing to use powers they already have. That distinction affects how quickly US digital asset oversight could move without Congress, and it puts pressure on both agencies to explain what has been stopping them. Whether this view gains traction among other commissioners and agency leadership is the open question.
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