Christopher Giancarlo, former chairman of the US Commodity Futures Buying and selling Fee (CFTC), has joined Sygnum in an advisory position, the place he’ll assist the crypto financial institution navigate international rules amid rising institutional curiosity in digital belongings.
Giancarlo’s appointment as senior coverage adviser locations him alongside 11 different members of Sygnum’s Advisory Council, the corporate disclosed on Might 27.
In his position, Giancarlo will advise on rules and strategic partnerships in each the private and non-private sectors.
Sygnum is a Swiss banking group devoted to offering crypto asset providers. It’s typically known as the primary digital asset financial institution, having just lately achieved unicorn standing following a $58 million funding spherical.
Giancarlo, who headed the CFTC between 2017 and 2019, mentioned he’s becoming a member of Sygnum at a time when the worldwide digital asset {industry} is nearing a turning level in institutional adoption.
Giancarlo has earned the moniker of “crypto dad” for his advocacy for digital belongings, significantly in the US. In 2023, he mentioned a sweeping political shift in Washington, DC, can be essential to enact pro-industry laws.
That shift appeared to materialize following Donald Trump’s presidential victory final November.
Nonetheless, shortly after the election, Giancarlo quashed rumors that he would succeed outgoing Securities and Trade Fee Chair Gary Gensler. He additionally shot down reviews that he was inquisitive about a crypto-related position on the US Treasury.
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Institutional adoption of digital belongings heats up
A confluence of pro-crypto insurance policies, the profitable launch of Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and advances in tokenization and stablecoins has captured the eye of institutional traders over the previous 12 months.
In the US, Bitcoin ETFs are on monitor for a record-breaking month, drawing $1.5 billion in inflows over simply two days.
On the regulatory entrance, the Senate handed the Guiding and Establishing Nationwide Innovation for US Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act. If enacted into regulation, the invoice may additional speed up institutional adoption, in response to DWF Labs managing companion Andrei Grachev.
In the meantime, Bitcoin’s rally to all-time highs has created a constructive suggestions loop the place extra establishments view BTC as a mature asset worthy of inclusion in fashionable portfolios, in response to a latest report by Constancy Digital Property.
Crypto additionally reveals constructive development in locations Sygnum is lively, like Singapore and the United Arab Emirates. Nonetheless, Sygnum’s CEO, Matthias Imbach, just lately warned that the corporate’s native Switzerland might lose its aggressive benefit as a crypto vacation spot if it fails to maintain innovating.
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