Policy Week

Is Crypto Becoming a Partisan Issue in the US?
Is Crypto Becoming a Partisan Issue in the US?
Kristin Smith, executive director of the Blockchain Association, a Washington, D.C.-based lobbying group, discusses her views on why crypto is too big for partisan politics an...
Is Crypto Becoming a Partisan Issue in the US?

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Contango Conmigo: Why a Bitcoin Futures ETF Could Be a Bloody Ride
Regulators maintain the futures market is a lower-risk way to list bitcoin. But there’s a major catch.
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How to Do Business as a DAO
Should a DAO retain a law firm? Three representatives from Morrison Cohen LLP discuss the emerging legal issues around this new type of business enterprise.
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What Stablecoins Might Become
At issue is whether issuers of the digital assets will be regulated like banks.
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ProShares Exec on Launching First US Bitcoin Futures ETF on NYSE
ProShares Exec on Launching First US Bitcoin Futures ETF on NYSE
Simeon Hyman, Global Investment Strategist at ProShares, shares insights into the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITO), the first bitcoin futures-related ETF to trade in the...
ProShares Exec on Launching First US Bitcoin Futures ETF on NYSE

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Kill the BitLicense
The state’s regulatory regime has been bad for New York and bad for crypto.
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"Crypto Dad" Chris Giancarlo Talks About the New Digitization of Value
The CFTC Was Proved Right on Bitcoin Futures. What’s Next for the Agency?
For years the commodities overseer was the de facto regulator of crypto markets.
"Crypto Dad" Chris Giancarlo Talks About the New Digitization of Value

Rohan Grey, Willamette University College of Law
Gensler for a Day: How Rohan Grey Would Regulate Stablecoins
Stablecoins make use of the same shadow banking carveout that imperiled the financial system in 2008. That can’t continue, says the co-author of the Stablecoin Tethering and B...
Rohan Grey, Willamette University College of Law

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DeFi Is Like Nothing Regulators Have Seen Before. How Should They Tackle It?
Without middlemen to deputize, the SEC and other regulators will have to rethink their approach to enforcement. A lot could go wrong.
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Decentralization’s Challenge to Policymakers Is Coming
We are fast approaching a point where there will no longer be “decentralization theater” and things will get real.
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