Christopher Giancarlo Archives

Blockchain, Chris Giancarlo, collateral chains, rehypothecation, systemic leverage

Financial industry regulators around the world are beginning to embrace the reality that blockchain technology will help them do their jobs, as well they should. I write this post as a 22-year veteran of Wall Street who is passionate about market structure, and who has seen the…

Events, Financial Markets, Recommended Reading

"The New Mediocre Is Not Good Enough"

Mark Calabria/June 12, 2015June 19, 2022

Commissioner Christopher Giancarlo of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission delivered the morning keynote address at the Cato Institute’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives’ recent Capital Unbound summit in New York. His remarks applied the principles of individual liberty, limited government, and peace—principles that Cato’s namesake, Cato…