- The CFTC has named a 35 member Innovation Advisory Committee. This committee includes CEOs of Ripple Labs, Coinbase Labs, Uniswap Labs, Chainlink Labs and Solana Labs.
- According to the CFTC’s roster, there are also representatives from CME Nasdaq ICE DTCC DraftKings FanDuel Polymarket and DTCC.
Brad Garlinghouse is the CEO of Ripple and has expressed his appreciation for U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s recently launched cryptocurrency. announced Innovation Advisory Committee is also known as an “Olympics crypto roster.” The comment was made after the CFTC announced a lineup of 35 senior executives from cryptocurrency markets, traditional exchanges (including NYSEs), market infrastructure companies, venture capitalists, academia and platforms for sports betting, prediction, and predictions.
It is the purpose of the Innovation Advisory Committee to provide advice to the Agency as it strives to stay abreast with technology changes in financial markets. The committee will pay particular attention to areas like artificial intelligence and Blockchain. Michael Passalacqua has also been named as the federal officer for the Innovation Advisory Committee by The Commission.
As far as committees go…this is the Olympics crypto roster https://t.co/qYYNx8vviH
— Brad Garlinghouse (@bgarlinghouse) February 12, 2026
Official roster of executives includes major crypto companies and digital assets protocols. On the membership list, you will find Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong as well as Uniswap Labs Chief Executive Hayden Adams as well as Solana Labs chief executive Anatoly Ykovenko. Chainlink Labs co-founder Sergey Nazarov.
Also, there are representatives of crypto firms and those who work in custody or investment as well.
Charles Hoskinson, the founder of Cardano, has criticised Brad Garlinghouse despite his recent appointment as Ripple’s CEO. CNF reported Hoskinson claimed that the Ripple CEO was siding with the regulators during the debate on the proposed U.S. CLARITY act.
CFTC goes Crypto
The committee also includes executives of established institutions in the financial markets and infrastructure. CME Group’s Terry Duffy and Nasdaq’s Adenafriedman are on the roster, as is DTCC’s Frank LaSalla. These executives bring their expertise and market knowledge to the advisory board alongside digital asset operators.
This list also contains participants in prediction markets, sports betting and other firms with an interest in derivatives and event-based contracts. The CFTC’s list includes Polymarket CEO Shayne Cooper, DraftKings Chief Executive Jason Robins and FanDuel president Christian Genetski.
It is important to note that the committee works to update rules and regulations to reflect changes in technology. The Innovation Advisory Committee allows for structured feedback from various segments of the market as the CFTC gets ready to play a bigger role overseeing digital assets and derivatives.
The CNF was released in late last year. outlined A CFTC initiative to tokenize collateral was launched in September by Caroline D. Pham, the Acting Chair. A derivatives program that allows Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDC collateral was introduced in September under the Acting Chair Caroline D. Pham.
We also reported Ripple has partnered up with Aviva Investors in order to tokenize the traditional funds of investment on the XRP Ledger. This collaboration is expected to support the issuance and administration of tokenized funds, initially launching this year as part of a long-term plan.
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