Anton shares his background and how he got into working in the blockchain space.

Not legal or professional advice.

I had a conversation with Anton Mozgovoy, Head of Product at Jthereum. Just as much as the tech folks can learn from the law and policy side, the policy folks can also learn a lot about the blockchain ecosystem from tech and product folks. In this episode you'll learn about how a choice of programming language may help spark greater growth in the ecosystem, especially in the enterprise space.

Not legal or professional advice.

Topic: Blockchain protocol and regulatory analysis Perspective: Whether the public or private nature of the underlying blockchain protocol could affect analysis.   Not legal or professional advice.

Topic:  Potential U.S. commodities law issues related to monetary policy Perspective: Could traditionally pegged currencies be regulated?   Not legal or professional advice.

Topic: U.S. securities law issues for stablecoins Perspective:  Generally speaking, how do stablecoin structures fit into the Howey test?  Could arbitrage opportunities affect the analysis?   Not legal or professional advice.

Topic:  CFTC vs. SEC jurisdiction Perspective:  Is CFTC vs. SEC jurisdiction always mutually exclusive?     Not legal or professional advice.

Topic: U.S. commodities law regime and stablecoin applications Perspective:  General overview of U.S. commodity regulatory regime. Could stablecoins be a derivative? An option? How to think about market maker models of stablecoins? Not legal or professional advice.

Topic: Key privacy issues that stablecoins issuers should consider. Perspective: Intersection between stablecoins, GDPR and other privacy law regimes.   Not legal or professional advice.

Topic: What is a stablecoin? Perspective: General overview of stablecoin nomenclature.  Broad categories of stablecoins including asset-backed, algorithmic etc.   Not legal or professional advice.

A small(ish) taste of the general types of regulatory issues that structuring a stablecoin in the U.S. could bring up.  I sat down with Steve Wink, Yvette Valdez and Christian McDermott from Latham & Watkins to discuss this from the commodities laws, securities laws and privacy law perspectives.     Not legal or professional advice.