U.S. House Representative, Warren Davidson, contextualizes the state of crypto legislation in terms of widespread civil unrest, COVID-19, and global shifts in power. He explains where crypto plays a role[…]
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12 Big Class-Action Lawsuits in Crypto: What, Who, How and Why
Stephen Palley, partner at Anderson Kill and chair of the firm’s technology, media and distributed systems practice group, explains what the 11 recent class-action lawsuits against ICO issuers from 2017[…]
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce on Her Safe Harbor Proposal
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce discusses her proposal for a three-year safe harbor period for token sales. We talk about what problems she hopes to solve with this suggestion, the conditions[…]
How Block.One Got Away With Just a $24 Million Penalty
Heads up, everybody! We are launching a weekly news recap, so stay tuned after the interview to find out about the top stories in crypto this week! (Links below.) Zachary[…]
Kik’s Surprising Move in Its Lawsuit With the SEC
Rebecca Rettig, partner at FisherBroyles, talks about Kik’s answer this week to the SEC’s complaint, why she predicted they would make this move as opposed to filing a motion to[…]
All Things Crypto Regulation With Jake Chervinsky
Jake Chervinsky, general counsel at Compound, goes over a plethora of crypto regulatory issues, such as those related to securities law such as the SEC vs. Kik case, Ripple, stablecoins, no-action[…]
Jeremy Allaire on Why the US Government Needs a New Category for Digital Assets
Jeremy Allaire, cofounder and CEO of Circle, explains why the company has opened a new subsidiary in Bermuda, obtained a full Digital Assets Business Act license there and how it[…]
Why the Congressional Hearings on Facebook’s Libra Were Good for Bitcoin
Peter Van Valkenburgh, director of research at Coin Center, explains the significance of all the governmental activity around crypto in the last week — the President’s tweets, the Treasury Secretary’s[…]
Why Crypto Regulation Is Surprisingly Cypherpunk
Lawson Baker, head of operations and general counsel at TokenSoft (disclosure: a previous sponsor of the podcast), explains the significance of this week’s SEC statement on broker-dealer custody of digital[…]
Kin Sets Up $5 Million DefendCrypto.org to Take on the SEC
Ted Livingston, CEO of Kik and the founder of the Kin Foundation, and Patrick Gibbs, partner at Cooley, announce the formation of the $5 million DefendCrypto.org fund at Coinbase Custody to[…]