The U.S. Government's Decision to Ban Bitcoin

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If the u.s. government decides to ban bitcoin and you have a bank in whatever Portugal Europe somewhere that touches bitcoin or to bitcoin transactions they catch you off from the correspondent banking network. So you will you will be isolatedyou will be listen wires to us bank accounts you will move money around. And if you're watching this video you can see an incredible demo here in the background what if you raise a 10 million dollars series a. What if you can't raise it all what if you only raise 573. Okay what if you pivot to generative AI how do you redistribute your talent? It's like being a small market baseball team right you're trying to compete against the Yankees

Vinny Lingham joins Jason to break down the state of crypto’s de-platforming by the US government. They discuss recent happenings with Coinbase (2:13), Balaji’s Bitcoin bet (20:00), Binance (38:23), SBF (44:07), and more! Then, they wrap with a discussion about the coming balkanization of AI (52:54).

(0:00) Jason tees up today’s topics

(2:13) Coinbase’s Wells notice & the state of crypto

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(9:36) Clarity within the crypto industry

(15:06) The future of Bitcoin in the US

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(20:00) Balaji’s bet and hyperinflation

(25:50) A debate on whether to short Coinbase

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(38:23) CFTC sues Binance

(44:07) SBF’s indictment

(49:00) Why is the government clamping down on crypto?