#176 - In the weeds on U.S. market structure regulation with Gerald Gallagher

What role are ethics provisions and stablecoin yield debates, playing in shaping — or potentially delaying — U.S. crypto market structure legislation?

Gerald Gallagher is General Counsel at Sei Labs and co-host of the Crypto in America podcast, where he covers crypto policy, regulation, and legal developments in Washington.

Timestamps:

➡️ 1:30 — Stablecoin yield debates and why banks are back at the negotiating table
➡️ 4:24 — Trade associations vs. decision-makers in White House crypto meetings
➡️ 7:43 — Ethics provisions and constitutional challenges shaping negotiations
➡️ 12:48 — Network token frameworks, ancillary assets, and draft bill trends
➡️ 14:38 — DeFi intermediaries: software providers vs. financial actors
➡️ 17:44 — Disclosure quality vs. disclosure volume in market structure drafts
➡️ 21:38 — Legislation vs. agency guidance vs. litigation: three regulatory paths
➡️ 24:30 — What retail users would actually notice if market structure passes
➡️ 30:08 — Global competition: MiCA, Singapore MAS, and U.S. brain drain risk
➡️ 43:51 — Regulatory moats, incumbents, and the future of innovation

Sponsor: This episode is brought to you by the Decentralization Research Center (DRC), a nonprofit think tank advocating for decentralization in emerging technologies. Learn more at thedrcenter.org.

Resources:

📓 The latest market structure discussion draft (banking committee)

📓 ⁠The GENIUS Act

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