BlockBeats News, August 14th - Heath Tarbert, Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), announced the agenda for the inaugural meeting of the Innovation Advisory Committee (IAC). The meeting is set to take place on August 20th (Thursday) in Washington D.C. and will focus on topics such as cryptocurrency regulation, artificial intelligence, and predictive markets. Tarbert stated: "The United States has long been a global hub for financial innovation. I look forward to engaging with the entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and builders on the CFTC's Innovation Advisory Committee to discuss how emerging technologies and financial products are shaping our markets at the cutting edge of the new financial frontier."

The public can submit relevant comments by August 27th, and all received comments will be publicly released. The meeting agenda may be adjusted based on other priority issues of the IAC, and the full agenda can be viewed on the CFTC's official website. The CFTC also emphasized that the views and opinions expressed by the advisory committee represent only the committee itself and do not reflect the views of the CFTC, its staff, or the U.S. government.