(Part I) Financial Innovation: Governing Crypto with the World's Leading Regulators (ft. PBWS)

Looking back on the impact that Bitcoin and following crypto advancements had on the financial world, a panel of heavy hitters in financial regulation discuss the need for international regulatory cooperation in the interest of facilitating financial innovation.

Panelists congregated in Paris for its inaugural Blockchain Week Summit:
-- Caroline Malcolm, Head of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)’s Blockchain Policy Centre
-- Giles Ward, Senior Policy Advisor for International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)
-- Mike Gill, Chief of Staff and Chief Operating Officer of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
-- Marius Jurgilas, Board Member of the Bank of Lithuania
-- Angie Lau, Editor-in-Chief, Forkast.News (Moderator)

France hoped the event would bring together entrepreneurs, investors, and industry specialists to make it “the first G20 country to create a business-friendly environment for [blockchain’s] rapidly growing ecosystem.”

The panelists discuss their roles as regulators in the space, touching on the need for oversight, concerns regarding its implementation, the process of learning regulators must go through to familiarize themselves with new technology, and the challenge of coordinating regulatory efforts across organizations and national borders.

Recorded April 2019.