May 18, 2023· 48 min

CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam on the Fight to Regulate Crypto

Orality
Model
81%
Oral-dominant (speeches, podcasts, storytelling)

Speaker Breakdown

HostJoe Weisenthal(944 words)
M:29%
HostTracy Alloway(1,258 words)
M:29%
GuestRostin Behnam(0 words)
M:28%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic35%
very, obviously, absolutely
Engagement77%
you, our, your
Memory Aids98%
listen, now, like
Repetition100%
know (89x), about (73x), markets (67x)
Parallelism95%
And I'm Joe Weisenthal...., But there's another thing that..., So I am very pleased to say th...
Sound Patterns65%
58 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases5%
you know what, i mean

Literate Indicators

Hedging7%
quite, maybe, perhaps
Passive Voice13%
are interested, be based, be regulated
Abstract Nouns28%
investment, liquidity, attention
Subordination10%
because, notwithstanding, therefore
Sentence Length52%
Avg: 18.0 words/sentence
Word Complexity50%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style23%
685 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style78%
properly, obviously, ironically

Description

We're still in the middle of a "crypto winter" with the price of coins well off their highs from back in 2021. But debates over how to regulate them are heating up, with significant disagreements among US politicians and agency chiefs. At the recent ISDA Annual General Meeting, we sat down with CFTC Chief Rostin Behnam to talk about his view on crypto rules and more. Among the things we discussed are what constitutes a security or a commodity, market structure questions, new types of betting markets, and other matters currently facing the CFTC.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.