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Book SynopsisAn insider's account of the rise of digital money and cryptocurrencies Dubbed CryptoDad for his impassioned plea to Congress to acknowledge and respect cryptocurrencies as the inevitable product of a fast-growing technological wave and a free marketplace, Chris Giancarlo is considered one of the most influential individuals in financial regulation. CryptoDad: The Fight for the Future of Money describes Giancarlo's own reckoning with the future of the global economyat the intersection of markets, technology, and public policyand lays out the fight for a Digital Dollar. CryptoDad is Giancarlo's own personal story, detailing his forays into the world of Wall Street to his tenure as the 13th Chairman of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), where he pushed for the agency to recognize the digitization of markets. His growing fame as a Twitter presence in this essential debate has given Giancarlo a platform to makes a case for the future of cryptocurrencies as the natural successor to America's current failing financial market infrastructure. CryptoDad provides readers with: A thorough exploration of digital change and how it affects the lives of everyone in a global economyA revolutionary consideration of regulatory responses to the rapid pace of technological innovationA call to update our aging financial organizations, particularly the infrastructure of money itself, and focus on renewed faith and confidence in free market innovationA foreword by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, two of the biggest names in cryptocurrencies CryptoDad argues that the next digital wave will be the coming Internet of Value, where cryptocurrencies will do the Internet of Information did to immaterial things: make them accessible, distributable, and movable instantly across the globe. This book is an ideal introduction to the importance of technology in the marketplace.
Table of ContentsForeword ix
Preface xiii
Introduction xvii
Part I Opening Laps 1
Chapter 1 Down in the Swaps 3
Chapter 2 Starting Grid 19
Chapter 3 Heading Down the Highway 35
Chapter 4 Scanning the Horizon 49
Chapter 5 Meeting the Locals 69
Part II Reading the Dashboard 83
Chapter 6 Taking Hold of the Wheel 85
Chapter 7 Bitcoin Approaches the Beltway 115
Chapter 8 Go Time 135
Part III Slipstream 159
Chapter 9 Facing Resistance 161
Chapter 10 “CryptoDad” 179
Chapter 11 The Oval Office 193
Chapter 12 The Road Goes On 203
Part IV Finish Line 227
Chapter 13 Last Laps 229
Chapter 14 Checkered Flag 243
Chapter 15 The Winding Crypto Road 253
Chapter 16 Digital Dollars 279
Conclusion: Roadside Thoughts 307
Postscript 321
Appendix: Remarks of CFTC Chairman 323
Notes 335
Acknowledgments 359
About the Author 367
Index 369
Historical Bitcoin Prices 386
