Ex-CFTC Chair Chris Giancarlo Joins CoinFund as Policy Adviser

Ex-CFTC Chair Chris Giancarlo Joins CoinFund as Policy Adviser
Former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo has joined crypto venture capital firm CoinFund as a strategic adviser.Affectionately called “Crypto Dad” by many in the cryptocurrency industry for his crypto-friendly stance as a regulator, Giancarlo’s role as adviser to the investment firm will focus on policy. Specifically, Giancarlo will help CoinFund traverse Web 3 regulation.Web 3 refers to a possible (and much-debated) next generation of the internet that encompasses decentralized protocols and promises to reduce netizens’ dependency on big tech companies like Amazon and Facebook.“As former chairman of the CFTC, Chris was always on the cutting edge…