The rules for forever said you couldn't do anything with this, nothing with name, image and likeness. And so a couple of years ago, the state of california passed a bill that would legalize it in the state of California. That set off a whole chain reaction where states all over the country started passing laws, but they were all different. "I think it's an awkward way to make a college decision," he says.
This episode is a first for Acquired: we’re joined by a sitting US Congressman (from Ben’s home state of Ohio!), Republican House Representative Anthony Gonzalez. Anthony serves on the House Financial Services Committee and is deeply involved in crypto and Web3 regulation, as well as on the Climate and Science, Space & Technology Committee where he oversees NASA among many other agencies. His also has an absolutely incredible story — his family immigrated from Cuba to Ohio, he played in the NFL, he was COO of an Investment Group of Santa Barbara backed startup, and he was one of a small number of Republican congresspeople who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump after the events January 6th.
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