Additionally, in May Bankman-Fried and his government relations and policy team made a stop in Washington, D.C., to speak with Biden administration officials. The visit came at a time when U.S. lawmakers are considering bills that would clarify whether the CFTC or the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) should act as the crypto industry’s primary federal market regulator.
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