The Battle for Hearts and Minds

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Coinbase co-founder Paul Saffo: This seems to be somewhat of a battle of hearts and minds. He says the SEC chair, Gary Gensler, is releasing what we've called affectionately ambiguous influencer videos about kind of office hours. We have to accept that we are in that battle as an industry, not just Coinbase, but everyone in crypto is in that battle, he says. And so yes, I do think there is a battle for hearts and minds,. But look, we can either be frustrated or amused by that or we can do something about it."

Paul Grewal, Coinbase's Chief Legal Officer joins Ryan and David to discuss why Coinbase is Suing the SEC. Why did they choose to respond to the SEC's Wells Notice to Coinbase in the way they did? Is Gary playing 4D chess or is he just embarrassing and pushing U.S. crypto innovation outside of the U.S.?

Tune in to hear Paul's thoughts and much more.

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------ Timestamps:

0:00 Intro 5:44 Why Coinbase is Suing the SEC? 9:10 SEC Giving Crypto Community Rules? 13:14 Why Gary Thinks There's Clarity 15:22 Petition to Give Crypto Rules! 18:10 Why No Clarity Yet? 20:51 What Kind of Rules Do We Want? 23:44 Engaging with the SEC 26:40 Open Conversation? 34:48 Coinbase Wells Notice 42:11 Why is Gary so Confident? 45:28 Battle of Public Opinion 49:42 Does Crypto Regulation Have Hope? 52:45 Closing & Disclaimers

------ Resources:

Paul Grewal https://twitter.com/iampaulgrewal

Coinbase Suing SEC Blog Post https://www.coinbase.com/blog/coinbase-takes-another-formal-step-to-seek-regulatory-clarity-from-sec-for

Coinbase Wells Notice Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq2jf4sBdYE&t=576s

Gary's Clarity Video https://twitter.com/GaryGensler/status/1651624244445421591?s=20

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