Jerry and Peter discuss FinCEN extending the comment period in its crypto rule making, which is a bit of a victory, though we’re not out of the woods yet. We also discuss crypto in the NDAA and Gary Gensler appointed to chair the SEC.

Jerry and Peter discuss FinCEN's proposed new crypto midnight regulation, as well as the President's Working Group on Financial Markets statement on stablecoins, and FinCEN's announcement that it will develop rules applying FBAR requirements to cryptocurrency accounts.

Robin Weisman interviews Michael Casey about how he originally came to write about cryptocurrency, the path to becoming CoinDesk’s Chief Content Officer, and the future of media.

Jerry Brito talks to Daniel Rothschild about the role of think tanks in the modern policy making environment.

Peter Van Valkenburgh talks to Abe Sutherland about how we should (and shouldn’t) be taxing cryptocurrency block rewards.

Robin Weisman talks to Brooke and Bill Mallers about becoming @Bitcoinmom, discovering cannabis, and some common policy issues among crypto and cannabis.

Neeraj Agrawal checks in on recent cryptocurrency policy news with Coin Center’s Peter and Jerry.

Jerry Brito talks to Kirupa Pushparaj, Head of Intellectual Property and Legal Operations at Square, about the Crypto Open Patents Alliance, which aims to create open access to patents covering foundational cryptocurrency technologies and ward off trolls.

Peter Van Valkenburgh interviews Daniel Buchner, Project Manager for Decentralized Identity at Microsoft, about identity systems, shortcomings in existing centralized tools, and how Microsoft and others are building open solutions for identity based atop permissionless blockchains like Bitcoin.

Robin Weisman interviews Paul Balzano, Senior Professional Staff to the House Committee on Agriculture (Minority) about how a bill becomes a bill.