US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner Summer Mersinger will speak at Consensus 2024 in Austin, Texas on May 30. Mersinger, one of the few U.S. regulators, is willing to defend the crypto industry and criticize excessive regulation. In an interview with CoinDesk, she discussed cryptocurrency regulation issues, including the possible inclusion of CME in the Bitcoin spot market and the relationship between the CFTC and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).