SotN#26: Defending our Nodes w/ Coin Center's Jerry Brito and Peter Van Valkenburgh

Dec 9, 2020

Jerry Brito, the Executive Director of Coin Center, and Research Director Peter Van Valkenburgh dive deep into the impacts of the recent Stable Act on cryptocurrency regulation. They discuss the significant role of node defense in the evolving crypto landscape and the potential challenges posed by new regulations. The duo highlights Coin Center's advocacy work and the importance of grassroots funding through initiatives like Gitcoin. With a focus on individual sovereignty, they explore the balance between government oversight and the need for innovation in decentralized finance.

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Defending Crypto from the STABLE Act | Coin Center's Jerry Brito and Peter Van Valkenburgh

Coin Center is a non-profit organization focused on public policy isues facing public blockchains like Bitcoin and Ethereum.

While Bitcoin and Ethereum are unstoppable internet networks, Nation States can still mediate our relationship with them, and therefore fighting the regulatory fight is extremely important!

Coin Center recently opened up their Gitcoin Grant https://gitcoin.co/grants/1668/coin-center-is-educating-policy-makers-about-publ which has received an outpouring of support.

Maybe it has to do with the STABLE Act? This act was recently introduced by Rashida Tlaib and others, in an attempt to add regulatory oversight to those that issue and leverage stablecoins.

We bring on Jerry Brito and Peter Van Valkenburgh to help us understand the perspective coming out of the STABLE Act, and its implications to our industry.

Coin Center's website: https://www.coincenter.org/

The STABLE Act: https://tlaib.house.gov/media/press-releases/tlaib-garcia-and-lynch-stableact

Coin Center's Gitcoin Grant: https://gitcoin.co/grants/1668/coin-center-is-educating-policy-makers-about-publ

Preston Byrne's blog post on the STABLE Act: https://prestonbyrne.com/blog/

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