Is Ether a Commodity or a Security?

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Patrick McHenry asks Gary Gensler whether Ether is a commodity or a security. The state attorney general of New York asserted in a court filing last month that Ether is a security. "I'm asking about the facts in the law sitting in your seat and the judgment you are making," he says.

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0:00 Intro

4:10 MARKETS 10:00 ETH Staking https://www.rated.network/overview https://imgur.com/JyEFP6j

24:00 Gary Gensler https://financialservices.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=408708 27:15 Patrick McHenry https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1648359230179782656 29:50 Tom Emmer https://twitter.com/TylerSCrypto/status/1648360838544203777?s=20 35:30 Warren Davidson https://twitter.com/WarrenDavidson/status/1648379560122105882?s=20 37:20 Gary Fans https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1648365096413052928?s=20 42:20 Missing SBF https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1648135965456863236?s=46 43:50 ETH is Not a Security https://twitter.com/lay2000lbs/status/1648356295622422529?s=20 44:40 Republicans vs Democrats https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1648365962100367361?s=20

46:30 Gensler vs Bittrex https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2023-78 https://twitter.com/MasonVersluis/status/1647987623670218752?s=20 50:50 SEC Crypto Regulations https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1648234719081816064 51:40 Coinbase Bermuda https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/04/19/coinbase-gets-bermuda-license-plans-to-launch-offshore-exchange-in-coming-weeks/

53:30 SEC Decentralized Exchanges https://www.coindesk.com/layer2/2022/04/05/a-new-sec-definition-for-exchanges-has-big-implications-for-crypto/ 55:30 Opaque Regulation https://www.coincenter.org/a-new-sec-proposal-has-a-serious-change-hidden-within-its-complex-language/ 57:15 Hester Peirce https://www.sec.gov/news/statement/peirce-rendering-inovation-2023-04-12

1:05:00 Rocket Pool Atlas https://twitter.com/Jasper_ETH/status/1647409214027972615?s=20 https://medium.com/rocket-pool/rocket-pool-atlas-upgrade-7c69e39a3d5f https://twitter.com/drworm_eth/status/1648427406259294209?s=20 https://dune.com/drworm/rocketpool 1:09:40 Magi OP Stack Rollup https://twitter.com/NoahCitron/status/1648702968219471875?s=20 1:11:20 Uniswap Wallet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C74rHvKgnWU 1:12:20 Unknown Exploit https://twitter.com/tayvano_/status/1648187031468781568 1:16:45 Solana Phone https://twitter.com/solanamobile/status/1646580454768910344 1:18:35 Mattel Crypto https://corporate.mattel.com/news/mattel-creations-launches-digital-collectibles-marketplace 1:19:10 Trump NFTs https://collecttrumpcards.com/

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