For this week’s Roundup, Yano and Santi dive into the Stripe acquisition of Privy, the SEC Crypto Task Force Roundtable, Bill Gurley’s comments on tokenization, the likelihood of a Solana ETF coming soon and the crack down on crypto that’s happening in Singapore!
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Chapters:
(00:00) Intro
(06:11) SEC Crypto TaskForce Roundtable
(16:050 Ads (Geodnet, Bitwise)
(17:42) Bill Gurley On Tokenization
(30:380 Ads (Geodnet, Bitwise)
(32:15) Stripe Acquires Privy
(45:52) Ads (Ledger, Citrea)
(47:22) Product + Distribution
(49:44) Singapore Cracks Down On Crypto
(53:50) Solana ETFs Imminent
(54:47) Next Crypto ETFs
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