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Brian Quintenz’s nomination hearing to lead the CFTC will be held next Tuesday 6/10, at 3pm, Senate Ag Committee Committee announces. agriculture.senate.gov/hearings/nomin…

Blockchain isn’t just about coins. This week we brought CEOs from Helium🎈, @hivemapper, GEODNET, @filecoin, DAWN, and Skyyield to talk about how DePIN (Decentralized Physical Infrastructure) is building the next generation of the sharing economy.

I also am excited about the use of on-chain software systems by issuers and intermediaries to eliminate economic frictions, increase capital efficiency, enable new types of financial products, and enhance liquidity.

We agree -- self-custody is foundational to crypto. And market participants, if they have sophisticated self-custody capabilities, should be able to avail themselves of it. Appreciate U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for making this point, and optimistic Financial Services GOP and House Committee on Agriculture will support.

1/ Busy couple of weeks for stablecoins! Excited to drop a new paper w/ the inimitable Professor Yesha Yadav considering the growing interdependence between fiat-backed stablecoins and the UST market. 👇

🇺🇸 Grateful for the opportunity to rep Jito Labs - DeFi builders in America - U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's latest roundtable on DeFi. Lively debate, substantive discourse, new ideas & dynamite facial expressions 🧵. sec.gov/newsroom/meeti…

BQ has been a great leader at the CFTC. He’s a brilliant ag/derivatives policymaker, thoughtful participant at the cutting edge of crypto, and a good, passionate and empathetic person. As the CFTC enters a new era, there’s no better person at the helm. Huzzah Brian Quintenz!

Great explainer on the Genius Act. Here’s how the votes are expected to work. There are 4 votes: - 1 vote to start the debate on the amendments - 1 vote to adopt the amendments - 1 vote to close the amendment process - 1 final vote on the bill as amended

Unfair tax laws are making bitcoin and digital asset payments difficult and impractical. We need to fix these provisions in reconciliation.

1/ YESTERDAY, the SEC dropped their proposed “exchange” rulemaking, officially ending a failed attempt to expand the law beyond its statutory limits to capture decentralized trading protocols. Over the past three years, DEF has worked to protect DeFi and ensure the Gensler-era

I’m excited to see the GENIUS Act pass the Senate later today. It will: -Establish U.S. dollar dominance -Revitalize our payment system into the 21st century -Make 🇺🇸 the worldwide leader in stablecoins Let’s get it done!

Special thanks to Senators Senator Bill Hagerty Senator Cynthia Lummis Tim Scott Kirsten Gillibrand and Senator Angela Alsobrooks and their staffs for bringing GENIUS to this moment.

The United States Senate has passed the GENIUS Act🇺🇸

It’s time to update the way we issue and trade equities. Public blockchain networks, like Solana, can be the rails that lead to faster, cheaper & better capital markets, what we like to call: Internet Capital Markets.  Thank you SEC Crypto Task Force for considering our

Many in the industry have been talking about "token disclosures" for years. Blockworks just did it. Proud that Jito (& Jito Labs) are flag bearers on setting a new industry standard along with the other great first movers 💪 Perfect timing to band together on this one

Photo gallery is up from FordhamLawCrypto 2024. May this year have weather like that again fordhamlawblockchain.org/2022-photo-gal…

“We are transitioning into a new phase of the digital asset story,” says Kristin Smith She chatted with Yahoo Finance about Senate’s bipartisan supermajority voting to move GENIUS Act forward & the potential implications for markets.

If you're gonna do something, you might as well go all the way

Interesting statement by Treasury DepSec at FinCEN's Bank Secrecy Act Advisory Group, re: BSA modernization. Signaling implementation adjustments (subj. to statutory limitations). Recognizing "both the direct & indirect costs, including the potential for unintended consequences."

Thank you President Donald J. Trump for delivering on your promise to make the USA the crypto capital of the planet!