{"id":133068,"date":"2020-12-14T19:16:06","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T16:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-cftcs-tech-team-is-trying-to-figure-out-what-to-do-about-defi\/"},"modified":"2020-12-14T19:16:06","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T16:16:06","slug":"the-cftcs-tech-team-is-trying-to-figure-out-what-to-do-about-defi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-cftcs-tech-team-is-trying-to-figure-out-what-to-do-about-defi\/","title":{"rendered":"# The CFTC\u2019s tech team is trying to figure out what to do about DeFi"},"content":{"rendered":"

“# The CFTC\u2019s tech team is trying to figure out what to do about DeFi
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\nThe Commodity Futures Trading Commission is trying to make heads or tails of the recent explosion in decentralized finance.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the CFTC\u2019s Technology<\/a> Advisory Committee hosted a presentation called \u201cThe Growth and Regulatory Challenges of Decentralized Finance\u201d by law professor Aaron Wright and attorney Gary DeWaal. <\/p>\n

In large part, the presentation was a briefing on the operations of decentralized platforms like Uni, which have commanded a greater share of crypto trading and headlines since this summer. <\/p>\n

Wright summarized the advantages of DeFi as potentially providing services for lower cost to a greater number of people by virtue of automating a number of the processes involved. Also, he noted that software tools can provide greater flexibility overall. \u201cAnother interesting benefit of decentralized financial projects is that they\u2019re composable and interactible,\u201d said Wright. \u201cDevelopers often describe them as financial Lego blocks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Regarding regulatory compliance, Wright noted that DeFi developers typically don\u2019t think of legal considerations first: \u201cThese contracts are alegal<\/em>. That doesn\u2019t mean that they are illegal<\/em>. It means they are designed at a technical level, not necessarily with regulatory compliance in mind.\u201d <\/p>\n

There were particular concerns with \u201cDeFi\u201d platforms that are de facto tied to centralized entities \u2014 for example the infamous case of Chef Nomi\u2019s control over SushiSwap. <\/p>\n

In other potential risks, the presenters cited high technological barriers to entry, which pose a different sort of challenge despite DeFi\u2019s ideal of being more open-access than CeFi.<\/p>\n

In terms of tone, today\u2019s presentation seemed fairly open to decentralized protocols that depend on, say, governance tokens that distribute votes on network decisions to a wide range of token holders. But the chronic issue of little or no registration requirements for users does open up the threat of know-your-customer and anti-money laundering violations. But then there\u2019s liability.<\/p>\n

DeWaal responded to the overarching question of who authorities can hold liable if a DeFi platform is functioning illegally. There\u2019s been a great deal of speculation that we will see more legal action against software developers in the future. DeWaal noted that that\u2019s a tough legal bar to clear.<\/p>\n

\u201cGeneral<\/a>ly, in the United States, software development is a protected activity under the first amendment,\u201d said DeWaal. \u201cAs Aaron has eloquently shown, there\u2019s many, many use cases for DeFi. But the First Amendment is not a universal bar.\u201d<\/p>\n

But the attorneys noted that secondary liability could threaten a wide range of people using or contributing to DeFi protocols. Among potential solutions, Wright mentioned discussions of a potential safe harbor within the virtual currencies subcommittee, saying: \u201cA safe harbor could ensure responsible development to protect consumers\u2019 interests without limited innovation.\u201d\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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