A Show On Crypto Regulation

Rebecca Rettig, Chief Legal Officer at Polygon Labs, joins The Gwart show to discuss crypto regulation, the future of DeFi, stablecoins, and the impact of upcoming elections on crypto policy. Deep insights into regulatory challenges and opportunities in the evolving crypto landscape. Note this show was recorded before the election occurred! Follow our guest on Twitter: @RebeccaRettig1 Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:50 Rebecca's bio 01:38 Appearing in Congress 05:06 Language matters 07:17 What the "people" want 09:28 Talking to representatives 10:32 What has been the biggest failure? 12:44 What regulation would be good? 16:21 The role of tokens 20:27 KYC & tokens 22:17 Stablecoins 24:04 Using stablecoins 26:16 Stablecoin in US future? 28:13 What have we done wrong? 29:58 Do you actually NEED a token? 33:22 Vampire attack on fiat 34:41 What's Gensler's deal? 36:00 Uniswap fees 38:44 Validators & OFAC 40:04 Politics 45:49 Memecoins 49:19 Line in the sand 50:39 Privacy 52:37 Predictions 53:45 Banks gonna crush 👋The Gwart Show is sponsored by Ellipsis Labs. Ellipsis Labs is building Atlas, the blockchain purpose-built for verifiable finance. You may know of Ellipsis Labs by their first product Phoenix, a fully on-chain orderbook DEX that’s done over 50 billion dollars in unincentivized volume. If you’re interested in working for a mission-driven company, Ellipsis Labs is hiring engineers passionate about crypto and finance to work on Atlas. You can learn more and apply on Ellipsis Labs’ Twitter “at Ellipsis_Labs”. Don’t forget to check out Atlas too, @atlasxyz on Twitter. Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter by clicking here. Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices