What the Crypto Industry Could See Under a Biden Administration - Ep.150

Kristin Smith, executive director of the Blockchain Association and a board member of HODLpac, discusses how advocating for crypto will change under what is likely to be a new presidential administration. In this episode she talks about:

what crypto advocacy typically entails

how the approach will change under a Biden administration compared to what it was under Trump

what appointments by Biden could most affect the crypto industry

which issues are at the top of the agendas for both the Blockchain Association and HODLpac

why regulators are particularly interested in stablecoins

how a potentially Democratic-controlled Senate under a Biden administration might affect crypto

what she's watching for from Cynthia Lummis, a Bitcoiner who won her Wyoming Senate race

how anti-trust sentiment in Congress could affect crypto, and whether legislators see Web3 as an antidote to monopoly problems

the divisions within the crypto industry around how to approach regulators, and how to resolve them

the potential for a de minimus tax exemption, in light of PayPal integrating cryptocurrencies

and how HODLpac used quadratic voting to decide which candidates to support

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Episode links:

Kristin Smith: https://twitter.com/KMSmithDC

Blockchain Association: https://theblockchainassociation.org

HODLpac: https://www.hodlpac.org

Interview with acting Comptroller of the Currency, Brian Brooks: https://unchainedpodcast.com/acting-comptroller-of-the-currency-brian-brooks-on-crypto-banks/

Likely second runoff election in Georgia to determine control of Senate: https://twitter.com/bluestein/status/1324360112190951424?s=20

Cynthia Lummis to become first US Senator who is also a Bitcoiner https://fortune.com/2020/11/04/wyoming-bitcoin-cynthia-lummis-u-s-senate/

Brad Sherman wanting to ban cryptocurrency: https://www.coindesk.com/congressmans-call-for-crypto-ban-sparks-social-uproar

Leaked Binance doc about whether Binance.US is a decoy: https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeldelcastillo/2020/10/29/leaked-tai-chi-document-reveals-binances-elaborate-scheme-to-evade-bitcoin-regulators/?sh=1d759bd2a926

More on quadratic voting: https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-blockchains-can-help-create-little-democracies-everywhere/

Link to the Crypto News Recap:

https://unchainedpodcast.com/what-a-potential-biden-administration-could-mean-for-crypto/