The following is a conversation with J. Christopher Giancarlo. Chris is the former Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and served at the CFTC under both the Obama and the Trump administration. He is widely known as the "Crypto Dad"; which is also the title of his new, fascinating book. In this conversation, Chris shares his vision and experience at CFTC, his new ideas on next generation technology and big-data driven regulation, his Digital Dollar project exploring CBDC, his conviction and his new book as Crypto Dad.