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CFTC’s Top Cop Christy Goldsmith Romero Bails—Who’s Left Holding the Regulatory Bag?

CFTC’s Top Cop Christy Goldsmith Romero Bails—Who’s Left Holding the Regulatory Bag?

Author:
CoindeskEN
Published:
2025-05-16 17:31:00
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CFTC’s Christy Goldsmith Romero to Leave Agency at End of Month

Another regulator exits stage left—just as crypto’s wild west show gets interesting. Goldsmith Romero’s departure leaves the CFTC scrambling to fill a power vacuum in a sector that thrives on regulatory ambiguity.

Timing is everything: Her exit coincides with peak DeFi innovation and Wall Street’s awkward courtship of digital assets. The revolving door spins faster than a Bitcoin mining rig.

Here’s the cynical kicker: Don’t expect the next appointee to rein in crypto’s chaos. The real money’s in playing whack-a-mole with billion-dollar exploits while maintaining plausible deniability.

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