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Tim Hite

@timhite

Director of Policy - @exodus

Fmr. Senior Counsel on Capitol Hill / @FINRA / @georgemasonlaw / @wjcollege

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It's unfortunate that, in most instances, the term "consumer protection" has functioned as a substitute for "third-party control." Consumer protection should begin with a person's ability to eliminate risks from third parties. Blockchain technology enables this. Hopefully the

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Vote scheduled: At 11:30am, on Wednesday, May 21st, the Senate will proceed to a roll call vote on the motion to proceed to Cal. #66, S.1582, GENIUS Act.

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The most impressive part about the No Tax on Tips Act is that it incentivizes cash transactions. That's notable in this day and age. Sadly.

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BRCA has always been such a solid, common sense bill that would bring regulatory stability. To argue otherwise and claim that noncustodial applications qualify as money transmitters would open the floodgates to all kinds of absurd arguments down the road. It would be akin to

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For those keeping score at home on the unintended consequences of KYC... today the hacked Instagram account of a multi-platinum rapper posted the passport and face of a major crypto founder because he refused to pay the hackers 40 Bitcoin. Things are only going to get weirder

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There will be plenty of substantive commentary on the 200+ pages in the CLARITY Act. However, one provision stands out above the rest: The self-custody protection, through a simplified and straightforward declaration, is monumental. While other jurisdictions relentlessly push

There will be plenty of substantive commentary on the 200+ pages in the CLARITY Act. However, one provision stands out above the rest:

The self-custody protection, through a simplified and straightforward declaration, is monumental. While other jurisdictions relentlessly push
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Critical Bitcoin legislation was introduced last week & it needs our support 🚨 The Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA) by Tom Emmer and Ritchie Torres protects self-custody developers, miners, and nodes from being classified as money transmitters. Thread 🧵

Critical Bitcoin legislation was introduced last week & it needs our support 🚨

The Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA) by <a href="/GOPMajorityWhip/">Tom Emmer</a> and <a href="/RitchieTorres/">Ritchie Torres</a> protects self-custody developers, miners, and nodes from being classified as money transmitters.  

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.BWI Marshall Airport it is taking over twice as long to get checked luggage from the plane to the carousel than it took to fly from Philly to BWI. Plz make this process faster or at least install a bar at the baggage claim

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This app has come a long way since Ellen and a bunch of celebrities would post a selfie from an awards show and it's all anyone would talk about

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JUST IN: SEC Chair Paul Atkins announces he's in favor of Bitcoin & crypto self custody. 👀 "The right to have self custody of ones private property is a foundational American value." 🇺🇸

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Pretty wild that we may be 24 hours away from replacing kilometers with miles as the global standard for measuring distance 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

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𝗪𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗡 𝗟𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗦. For the third year in a row. 🏆 Another milestone in Ferrari history to treasure 😍 #LeMans24 #WEC #Ferrari499P #FerrariHypercar

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And I'm sure those sites who held my password will bear responsibility for the damages incurred resulting from this breach, right? .....right???

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Time to take a shot at doing one of these X political assessments. Assuming the GENIUS Act passes the House in the short term, there will be immense pressure afterward to pass a market structure framework. The window to pass it as a standalone bill lasts probably about 12 months