Kristin Smith, executive director of the Blockchain Association and a board member of HODLpac, discusses how advocating for crypto will change under what is likely to be a new presidential administration. In this episode she talks about:
  what crypto advocacy typically entails
 how the approach will change under a Biden administration compared to what it was under Trump
 what appointments by Biden could most affect the crypto industry
 which issues are at the top of the agendas for both the Blockchain Association and HODLpac
 why regulators are particularly interested in stablecoins
 how a potentially Democratic-controlled Senate under a Biden administration might affect crypto
 what she's watching for from Cynthia Lummis, a Bitcoiner who won her Wyoming Senate race
 how anti-trust sentiment in Congress could affect crypto, and whether legislators see Web3 as an antidote to monopoly problems
 the divisions within the crypto industry around how to approach regulators, and how to resolve them
 the potential for a de minimus tax exemption, in light of PayPal integrating cryptocurrencies
 and how HODLpac used quadratic voting to decide which candidates to support
   
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 Crypto.com: https://crypto.com/
  
 Episode links:
 Kristin Smith: https://twitter.com/KMSmithDC
 Blockchain Association: https://theblockchainassociation.org
 HODLpac: https://www.hodlpac.org
  
 Interview with acting Comptroller of the Currency, Brian Brooks:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/acting-comptroller-of-the-currency-brian-brooks-on-crypto-banks/
  
 Likely second runoff election in Georgia to determine control of Senate:  https://twitter.com/bluestein/status/1324360112190951424?s=20
  
 Cynthia Lummis to become first US Senator who is also a Bitcoiner  https://fortune.com/2020/11/04/wyoming-bitcoin-cynthia-lummis-u-s-senate/
  
 Brad Sherman wanting to ban cryptocurrency:  https://www.coindesk.com/congressmans-call-for-crypto-ban-sparks-social-uproar
  
 Leaked Binance doc about whether Binance.US is a decoy:  https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeldelcastillo/2020/10/29/leaked-tai-chi-document-reveals-binances-elaborate-scheme-to-evade-bitcoin-regulators/?sh=1d759bd2a926
  
 More on quadratic voting:  https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-blockchains-can-help-create-little-democracies-everywhere/
  
 Link to the Crypto News Recap:
  https://unchainedpodcast.com/what-a-potential-biden-administration-could-mean-for-crypto/
  

What the Crypto Industry Could See Under a Biden Administration - Ep.150

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