Is There a Token Sale?

Coin Center is an independant not-profit research and advocacy organisation focused on the public policy issues that affect cryptocurrencies and open permisionless blockchain networks. Their mission is to build a better understanding of technologies like Ethereum and Bitcoin and to promote a regulatory climate that preserves free speech and privacy.

Jerry Brito and Peter Van Valkenburgh joined us for a fascinating chat about the current regulatory landscape in the US and how that might affect the crypto ecosystem going forward.

Topics covered in this episode:

• An overview of Coin Center
• How the political and regulatory has changed in the past 2 years since the release of Libra
• The regulatory topics currently impacting the US
• Ransomware and investor protection law
• Is the consumer protection force too tough?
• The Infrastructure Bill
• The US vs Europe approach
• The future of the ecosystem

Episode links:

• Epicenter Episode 296 with Jerry
• Epicenter Episode 227 with Peter
• Coin Center on Twitter
• Jerry on Twitter
• Peter on Twitter

Sponsors:

• ParaSwap: ParaSwap aggregates all major DEXs and makes sure you beat the market price at every single swap and with the lowest slippage - paraswap.io/epicenter
• Chorus One: Chorus One runs validators on cutting edge Proof of Stake networks such as Cosmos, Solana, Celo, Polkadot and Oasis. - https://epicenter.rocks/chorusone

This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst & Sebastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/417