Overview
- Pham will oversee MoonPay’s global legal and administrative operations and lead the company’s policy and regulatory strategy in Washington.
- Her move follows the Senate’s confirmation of Mike Selig to lead the CFTC, according to Forbes, aligning with her stated plan to leave once a permanent chair was in place.
- Under Pham, the CFTC advanced crypto-market reforms including permitting listed spot trading on regulated exchanges, a pilot allowing BTC, ETH and USDC as derivatives collateral, and the creation of a CEO Innovation Council.
- Additional steps she backed included proposing the rescission of older digital-asset guidance and launching a sandbox for tokenized Treasuries and money market funds, as reported by Crypto Briefing.
- MoonPay, founded in 2019 and based in New York, has processed over $8 billion for more than 30 million users, raised $555 million, holds a New York BitLicense, and recently secured a New York trust charter.