Interview: OSC CEO Grant Vingoe on Crypto in Canada, Part II

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