Jerry Brito & Peter Van Valkenburgh: Coin Center – The US Regulatory Landscape for Crypto #417 HD

Coin Center is an independent not-profit research and advocacy organization focused on the public policy issues that affect cryptocurrencies and open permissionless blockchain networks. Their mission is to build a better understanding of technologies like Ethereum and Bitcoin and to promote a regulatory climate that preserves free speech and privacy. Jerry Brito and Peter Van Valkenburgh joined us for a fascinating chat about the current regulatory landscape in the US and how that might affect the crypto ecosystem going forward. Topics discussed in this episode: - An overview of Coin Center - How the political and regulatory has changed in the past 2 years since the release of Libra - The regulatory topics currently impacting the US - Ransomware and investor protection law - Is the consumer protection force too tough? - The Infrastructure Bill - The US vs Europe approach - The future of the ecosystem Links mentioned in this episode: - Epicenter Episode 296 with Jerry: https://bit.ly/3BYbnyk - Epicenter Episode 227 with Peter: https://bit.ly/3H6ytXy - Coin Center on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3D17F8v - Jerry on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3D183nt - Peter on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3fvJnKb Sponsors: - ParaSwap: ParaSwap aggregates all major DEXs and makes sure you beat the market price at every single swap and with the lowest slippage - paraswap.io/epicenter - Chorus One: Chorus One runs validators on cutting edge Proof of Stake networks such as Cosmos, Solana, Celo, Polkadot and Oasis. - https://epicenter.rocks/chorusone This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst & Sebastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: https://epicenter.tv/417