CFTC Commissioner Kristin Johnson touts DCCPA bill in market risk advisory meeting

cointelegraph.com:

The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Market Risk Advisory Committee (MRAC) held its first meeting with its new membership Sept. 28. In her opening statement, the committee’s sponsor, Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson, ran through a laundry list of issues for consideration, but spent the bulk of her time talking about digital assets.

This is the first MRAC meeting under Johnson’s leadership. She gave a summary of CFTC actions in the crypto space, including the controversial Ooki DAO case, the recent White House Comprehensive Framework for Responsible Development of Digital Assets and the CFTC roundtable on non-intermediationheld earlier this year.

Investigation, enforcement and new guidance can give clarity and certainty to market participants, Johnson said. Cryptocurrency industry and traditional market participants “desire a clear indication of the Commission’s next steps,” she added.

I’m honored to join my first meeting as an official member of ⁦@CFTC’s⁩ Market Risk Advisory Committee tomorrow at 9:30am. Thank you ⁦@CFTCjohnson⁩ for including me in the discussion. https://t.co/JdR2Ni7Woe

Johnson then turned her attention to the Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act of 2022 (DCCPA), introduced by Senate Agriculture Committee members Debbie Stabenow and John Boozman. The Senate Agriculture Committee has oversight over the CFTC. The bill, she noted, expands the definition of commodity in the Commodities Exchange Act to include digital commodities and requires digital commodity platforms to register with the CFTC.

In addition, the DCCPA would require market participants to join the derivatives markets self-regulatory organization the National Futures Association, which would give customers