Legal battles by tether and its sister company, bitfinex as a key factor for the band in ontario. Until some digual currency companies tie themselves to jurisdiction with transparency and wear digal rency, holders have rights they can exercise if things go awry. I suspect they won't be permitted to operate in mature regulatory jurisdiction. And there is a big real estate company in china that people are speculating that tether owns. So canada doing the right thing?
First Jason covers the $19M Bored Ape Yacht Club bid on Sotheby's & the Loot NFT collection launched by a Vine co-founder (1:42), and briefly covers Tether being banned from Canadian exchanges (11:07). Then serial founder and investor Joe Lonsdale joins (19:53) to discuss his companies (Palantir, Addepar, OpenGov), his new podcast "American Optimist," what regulations need to be fixed in the US, China's bold moves & more.