
Ian McGinley
Partner at Sidley Austin and former Director of Enforcement at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, speaking about prediction market regulation and related legal issues.
Best podcasts with Ian McGinley
Ranked by the Snipd community

Mar 20, 2026 • 39min
Trump Fans Iran Quagmire Fears With Debate on Seizing Kharg
Ian McGinley, a regulatory lawyer and former CFTC enforcement chief, David Wu, a macro strategist reporting from Jerusalem, and Adam Farrar, a geoeconomics analyst, debate risks of seizing Iran’s Kharg oil hub. They probe military options, regional and global fallout, market shocks to oil and currencies, and the legal future of prediction markets. Conversations jump between on-the-ground realities, strategic calculations, and regulatory headaches.


