Law of Code
Interview: OSC CEO Grant Vingoe for Crypto in Canada, Part II
Grant Vingoe is the CEO of the Ontario Securities Commission, Canada's largest securities regulator. Grant explains Canada's approach to crypto and why he sees a careful, incremental approach as a strength. Law of Code is presented by Altitude, visit https://altitude.xyz/law to learn why. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:55 From 30 years in New York to running the OSC 5:49 How the CSA and Canada's provincial regulators fit together 9:01 The crypto contract 12:34 Grant's first exposure to crypto 16:09 The gamification of financial markets and prediction markets 21:22 Making crypto safer for Canadians, from ETFs onward 26:30 Stablecoins 29:52 The Stablecoin Act and federal regulators 35:02 The $30,000 purchase limit 38:18 How industry can better engage regulators 45:02 Canada's brain drain question 50:34 Modernizing the regulation of public companies 54:17 Permissionless finance 1:01:13 Accredited investor rules Thank you to our other sponsors: McCarthy Tétrault LLP, with which I am co-hosting a Crypto in Canada event on August 12, 2026 in Toronto: https://luma.com/89qnrnah Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP: https://www.osler.com/en/expertise/services/digital-assets-and-blockchain/ Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP: https://www.cahill.com/practices/litigation-digital-assets-and-emerging-technology Solana Policy Institute: https://www.solanapolicyinstitute.org/ Hyperliquid Policy Center: https://hyperliquidpolicy.org/ Sign up for the free Law of Code newsletter at lawofcode.fm.
