Intro

Congressman Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, discusses crypto and decentralization, his new book, Dignity in a Digital Age: Making Tech Work for All of Us, and how to regulate the crypto industry. Show highlights:

• what Silicon Valley had to do with Congressman Khanna’s journey down the crypto rabbit hole
• why Congressman Khanna is so passionate about decentralization
• why Congressman Khanna thinks crypto could bring tech jobs across the country and world (rather than staying in hubs like Silicon Valley)
• why Congressman Khanna thinks a new regulatory regime is necessary for crypto assets, like stablecoins
• what Congressman Khanna would like vocal crypto opponents like Congressman Brad Sherman or Senator Elizabeth Warren to know about the crypto space
• Congressman Khanna explains the difference between determining if an asset is a security and regulating an asset
• what Congressman Khanna is doing to bring predictability to crypto regulation
• how regulators could incentivize Bitcoin miners to use less energy
• what Congressman Khanna thinks about know-your-customer/anti-money-laundering mechanisms in the DeFi world
• how Congressman Khanna believes crypto taxes should be treated
• what actions Congressman Khanna recommends for bringing more Democrats to the crypto side
• whether Congressman Khanna thinks crypto is a bipartisan issue 

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Miscellaneous

• Questions for Congressman Khanna from Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurashin/status/1491587026344366088
• Congressman Brad Sherman thinks crypto hurts people of color: https://decrypt.co/92776/crypto-race-and-democrats-brad-sherman 
• President’s Working Group report on stablecoins: https://www.scribd.com/document/536522482/PWG-Stablecoin-Report
• Congressman Khanna’s attempt to fix the infrastructure bill: https://khanna.house.gov/media/press-releases/khanna-mchenry-lead-bipartisan-legislative-fix-new-digital-asset-reporting

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