Rebecca Rettig (@RebeccaRettig1) is the General Counsel of the Aave Companies (@AaveAave). Rebecca began her legal career at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York, litigating complex commercial disputes; prior to joining the Aave Companies, Rebecca was a partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP in the financial services group, representing blockchain and crypto clients. 

In this conversation, Rebecca shares her thoughts on DeFi regulation, as well as:

[5:30] Bringing clients through the regulatory enforcement process 

[6:45] Ooki DAO

[16:00] Regulatory Catch-22

[23:00] DeFi & Regulation: Can they co-exist?

[37:00] MiCA

& much more.

You can watch Rebecca's talk at EthCC here.

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