Chris Perkins is the President & Managing Partner at CoinFund. In this conversation, we discuss the latest on regulation in the United States, why institutions are still very interested in crypto, when/if market structure will ever get passed, the roll of CFTC & SEC in 2026, the emergence of DATs, spot trading, the concept of privateering, and the stablecoin market.

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Welcome Chris To Crypto In America!

0:48 - What Does ‘Crypto In America’ Mean To Chris

2:20 - Chokepoint & Why We Needed Regulation In the US

05:28 - Crypto Infrastructure For Trading 

08:30 - Institutions Are Still Moving Forward Despite Market Pull Back

11:15 - ADL Explained

12:15 - How Regulation Can Impact Centralized Exchanges

15:00 - Market Structure Will Never Get Done??

18:00 - Path Forward For CFTC & SEC

22:00 - Future & Derivatives Exchanges Doing Spot Trading

25:14 - Digital Asset Treasury Companies

28:40 - Do We Want Crypto Seperated From Securities? 

30:49 - The Concept of Privateering

37:30 - CEO Council 

42:55 - The Role of Privacy 

44:17 - Chris’ Military Strategies Applied to Crypto

48:00 -Tether Credit Downgrade, Thoughts On Stablecoins

52:30 - Chris Is Obsessed With Futures, The State Of Alt Coins

54:00 - Thanks Chris For Joining! Like & Subscribe

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