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Climate-Advocate CFTC Chair Wants To Change Bitcoin

[ad_1] Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chair Rostin Behnam seemingly wants to leverage its probable future position as watchdog of the Bitcoin market to encourage a reduction of the peer-to-peer (P2P) currency’s energy use and incentivize consumers to find less energy-intensive alternatives. The regulating agency will oversee Bitcoin if the Lummis-Gillibrand landmark legislation gets approved. […]