Kathy Kraninger, former director of the United States Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, said while many in crypto have complained about the lack of regulatory clarity in the country, the legal gray area has afforded the industry opportunities.
Speaking to Cointelegraph, Kraninger said Congressional action on dividing the roles of different regulatory agencies — including the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, and Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC — would be the “best outcome” in her view. However, she added it was unlikely any single department would have total control over the variety of investment products related to the digital asset space.
“It’s not going to be in the SEC’s interest or its nature — or certainly its chairman’s current posture — to come out and say ‘oh yeah, let me give you all the criteria for what a security is that is going to answer everybody’s questions,'” said the former CFPB director. “That’s just not going to happen and I can see why in some respects why the industry says it wants that, but if it got that, it also could be hugely detrimental. It could be a big overreach, it could extend beyond.
The SEC, CFTC, CFPB, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and Federal Trade Commission handle different aspects of digital asset regulation and enforcement in the United States, resulting in a patchwork approach companies must navigate to legally operate. Some U.S. lawmakers have
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