#18 - Gabriel Shapiro & Sarah Brennan: Governance structures, LeXPunk, updating the VC model and DAOs.

Gabe and Sarah are experts on all things crypto and some of my brightest minds in the space. If you’re at all interested in Web3, you must follow both. 

Gabriel Shapiro (@lex_node) is General Counsel at Delphi Labs. Gabe was previously a Partner at Belcher, Smolen & Van Loo LLP, where he was a corporate attorney for builders of DeFi, DAOs, blockchain & other decentralization technologies. 

Sarah (Lord) Brennan (@SH_Brennan) is a corporate and securities attorney with over a decade of experience and a strong interest in technology who is passionate about helping companies grow and scale. Sarah is General Counsel at Delphi Ventures. Prior to joining Delphi, Sarah was Head of Harter Secrest & Emery LLP's Digital Assets and Disruptive Tech Practice and is a former Partner at Lippes Mathias LLP.

Show highlights

- Problems Gabe and Sarah see with the regulatory approach to crypto and viable paths forward 

- Competing philosophies around tokens – essentialism vs functionalism

- What are tokens, legally? What should they be

- What is decentralization legally, why is it important and how could this change in the future?

- Governance structures, what does good governance mean, what are the common theories and opportunities, best practices

- LeXPunk – 2-min intro to LexPunk + Builder Defense DAO, plans, visions, values

- Updating the Venture Model for DeFi: problems & solutions 

- What aspect of crypto-law are Gabe and Sarah most interested in seeing develop and why

& much more