Weekly Roundup

SEC Chair Gensler Agenda
Chair Gensler continued to focus on market structure reform, with ongoing focus on “getting tougher” on Wall Street.

StableCoins
Discussion of regulation of stablecoins continued this week, with “Are Stablecoins In or Out? Regulators Have toDecide.”

Cybersecurity
Focus on cybersecurity vulnerabilities continued, with “2021 was the year cybersecurity became everyone’sproblem.”

Source Code Misappropriation
Allegations of source code misappropriation continued, with Studio Wildcard claiming that the recently-releasedstrategy game Myth of Empires has stolen its source code.

In the Mix: This Week’s Top FinTech Thought Leader

  • Chris Giancarlo, former CFTC Chair and “Crypto Dad” announced his participation in Plural VC.
  • Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and CEO of FTX, was interviewed in The Scoop.
  • Jay Clayton, former SEC Chair, received industry attention for his earlier pro-crypto op-ed.
  • Securities and Exchange Commission member Elad Roisman announced that plans to leave the market regulator by the end of January.