US CFTC recruits major crypto figures to advisory committee

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has appointed a number of crypto industry leaders to its Innovation Advisory Committee (IAC), CoinDesk reported. New members include Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev, Solana founder Anatoly Yakovenko, Uniswap founder Hayden Adams, and Chainlink founder Sergey Nazarov. They join existing members such as Gemini founder Tyler Winklevoss, Kraken CEO Arjun Sethi, and Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan. The IAC is an expanded and reorganized version of the CEO Innovation Committee, which was established last December.