Understanding Government and Regulation: Lessons From The Inside
Spencer Doar
Editor
Andy Busch, former chief market intelligence officer at the CFTC, had some pragmatic but alarming advice for interns who attended day one of MarketsWiki Education’s World of Opportunity event: “In D.C., someone is always out to get you.”
In this video, Busch goes into the CFTC’s focus on cryptocurrency and why the agency is hated inside the Beltway.
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