Coinbase’s Tom Duff Gordon on responding to the collapse of FTX exchange, how the UK can best build a competitive crypto hub and the regulatory questions arising from a move to decentralised finance

Today’s guest explains what he believes the right regulatory response to the collapse of crypto exchange FTX would be. He details the policies UK lawmakers and regulators should consider as they seek to more closely police all things crypto while also establishing the City’s as a competitive finance hub post-Brexit. And he outlines what EU policymakers got right and where he believes they went wrong in their regulation of the sector.

Tom Duff Gordon’s 20-year career includes 5.5 years overseeing banking group Credit Suisse’s government relations and regulatory policy in the EU and UK. Since June, he has led crypto exchange Coinbase’s approach to regulatory change outside of the US as its vice president for international policy.