
About this episode
In today's episode, Jason and Santiago discuss Gary Gensler's crypto crusade. The SEC Chair has continually attacked crypto and revealed this week that... he has never owned or interacted with any "digital asset". We debate Garry's comments from this week's committee meeting, if regulators are pushing companies like Coinbase out of the US and why we remain optimistic.
We also cover Flashbot's new MEV Share protocol, an ongoing mystery wallet exploit, the meme coin craze and more!
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(05:06) Gary Gensler: An Anti-Crypto Cruade
(20:32) “Valora Ad”
(21:26) Coinbase's Global Expansion
(28:27) Flashbots Launches MEV Share
(30:00) On-Going Mystery Wallet Exploit
(39:49) Meme Coins, MEV & Jared from Subway
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