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> The most shocking part of this story is the number of former US officials who are now working for Binance You realize this is how the SEC and various regulat
by mattbrewsbytes 4y ago
> The most shocking part of this story is the number of former US officials who are now working for Binance
You realize this is how the SEC and various regulatory entities end up working? I wouldn't say its shocking. The people are commonly on one side (regulation) or the other (private sector) without any type of "layover" or time out in between.
I think FTX was attempting to hire someone from the CFTC (regulatory body over crypto) as part of their team.
I would love politicians to write up an Anti-Corruption Act with some sensible rules around these types of things to at least put some distance between jobs and counter balances around corruption/collusion. Penalties should be in the range of can't work in that industry anymore to federal prison time. The other idea I'd like to see traction on is implementing term limits in Congress. I don't have a lot of hope that either will happen in my lifetime.
- acdha 4y agoOne big challenge is that there’s so much political rancor around the “overpaid civil servant” trope. We’d be much better off if e.g. SEC lawyers were paid enough to be hotly-contested jobs with a 10 year sinecure plus a non-compete, but that would involve paying them enough that there’d be constant claims of inefficiency.
- TSiege 4y agoShocked, but not surprised