The French authorities has given former United States Commodity Futures Buying and selling Fee chair Chris Giancarlo, also referred to as “Crypto Dad,” the equal of a knighthood.

In a Tuesday tweet from Giancarlo, the previous CFTC head said France’s Nationwide Order of Advantage awarded him a Chevalier — the equal of a knighthood — in a ceremony on the French ambassador’s residence in Washington D.C. These attending included present and former CFTC commissioners Rostin Behnam, Brian Quintenz, Christy Goldsmith Romero, Kristin Johnson, Caroline Pham, in addition to Hester Peirce of the Securities and Alternate Fee.

Merci for honor of l’Ordre Nationwide du Mérite on the Résidence de France earlier than mes amis @CFTCbehnam @BrianQuintenz @HesterPeirce Daybreak Stump Dan Berkovitz @CFTCcgr @CFTCjohnson @CFTCpham @CFTC ⁦@the_afx⁩ @WillkieFarr⁩ ⁦@WhartonCypher⁩ pic.twitter.com/rI9MYzaI8a

— Chris Giancarlo (@giancarloMKTS) June 28, 2022

The order introduced Giancarlo’s appointment in Could. Phillippe Etienne, France’s ambassador to america, said the award was due, partially, to the previous CFTC chair’s “understanding of economic markets and the potentials of crypto finance.”

“[This award] acknowledges the creation of well-regulated crypto buying and selling markets and strengthening of abroad regulatory ties with the assistance of many fantastic public servants throughout my time of presidency service,” mentioned Giancarlo on the time.

Giancarlo labored because the chair of the CFTC for 5 years earlier than leaving in April 2019. Throughout his time with the federal government company, he oversaw the launch of regulated Bitcoin (BTC) futures and was alleged to have had a “do no hurt” method to blockchain regulation, incomes him the nickname Crypto Dad.

Since leaving the CFTC, Giancarlo has gone on to affix blockchain funding agency CoinFund as a strategic adviser, the board of administrators for blockchain startup Digital Asset, and briefly, the board of crypto lending agency BlockFi. He at the moment works as a senior counsel on the regulation agency Willkie Farr & Gallagher.

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Different people who’ve beforehand been knighted by their respective governments have joined the crypto area in numerous methods. Sir Richard Starkey, also referred to as Beatles member Ringo Starr, launched his personal line of nonfungible tokens on June 13. Star Trek star William Shatner, who tokenized a collection of buying and selling playing cards in 2020, was inducted into the Order of Canada in 2019 — although many have mentioned the distinction shouldn’t be equal to a knighthood.