crypto advocacy

Today we're joined by Ryan Selkis, the Founder and CEO of Messari and an outspoken political advocate for the crypto industry. We explore the current state of Crypto Regulation and how Ryan plans to fight in Washington with the Digital Freedom Alliance.

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Topics Covered

0:00 Intro
9:34 Does Washington Want to Kill Crypto?
15:45 How the US Affects Global Regulation
27:54 Ryan Selkis Proposal
43:10 What we can learn from SBF
51:20 The Digital Freedom Alliance
59:08 Why we have to Play Politics
1:03:49 What’s Next
1:08:00 Closing and Disclaimers

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Resources:

Ryan Selkis
https://twitter.com/twobitidiot  

Join the Digital Freedom Alliance
https://joindfa.org/ 

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Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.

Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here:
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On today's State of the Nation, it's time to bring back the crypto legal mind of Jake Chervinsky. With the recent OFAC sanctions against Tornado Cash and the cascading chilling effect, our digital rights are under attack.

Have we seen the death of crypto privacy? What can we do to help advocate for digital justice? As always, Jake brings a thoughtful and measured approach to these crucial topics.

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Resources:

Jake Chervisnky:
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Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.

Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here:
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This is the Crypto Advocacy & Education Summit, which we're hosting to go along with the Ethereum Foundation's $500,000 donation to the Gitcoin Round 12 matching round for the ‘Crypto Advocacy’ track.

Gitcoin does these ‘quadratic matching’ rounds 4 times a year, where many entities donate large sums of funds, and the community rallies and donates to many causes and projects across the crypto space. The ‘matching rounds’ are exponentially matched towards the grants that received the most numbers of individual humans who donated to them.

The EF has specifically allocated 500k to go towards effects that advocate for crypto in our government offices.

Bankless and Gitcoin are hosting a 2-panel ’summit’ livestream in order to drum up excitement and donations for the various organizations that help advocate for crypto!

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https://gitcoin.co/grants/explorer/ 

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Panel #1: Why does crypto advocacy and education matter?

Kristin Smith | Blockchain Association
https://twitter.com/KMSmithDC?s=20 

Brian Quintenz | Former CFTC Chair
https://twitter.com/BrianQuintenz?s=20 

Tomicah Tillemann | a16z
https://twitter.com/TomicahTD?s=20 

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Panel #2: How do crypto stakeholders support crypto advocacy + education?

Sarah Roth-Gaudette | Fight for the Future
https://twitter.com/gaudette75?s=20 

Jerry Brito | Coin Center
https://twitter.com/jerrybrito?s=20 

Jake Chervinsky | Blockchain Association
https://twitter.com/jchervinsky?s=20 

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Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.

Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here:
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