Decoding Crypto’s Regulatory Puzzle

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(00:02:15) - (First question) - How she went from milking cows to having three law degrees

(00:05:47) - The burnout from law that lead to the pivot of becoming a founder 

(00:09:08) - Key takeaways from being a founder trying to launch a biotech company 

(00:11:54) - Positive takeaways from being a female founder that inspired her 

(00:13:53) - Thoughts about venture capital and why she thought she’d be good at it

(00:17:25) - The thesis behind Vol.1 Ventures and ‘let’s keep you out of jail’ 

(00:21:05) - Scaling down rates to make legal representation available to a variety of founders

(00:25:15) - Her current take of the regulatory landscape today writ large

(00:30:45) - Securities versus non-securities and the ever changing status of cryptocurrencies

(00:33:02) - The problems with making the Bitcoin and Ethereum statements so early 

(00:36:55) - Public narratives and why crypto matters in light of government control 

(00:41:58) - Regulatory outlook around cryptocurrency in the short and long term 

(00:44:44) - The government’s use of power potentially impacting the SEC and thoughts on the current state of the federal reserve

(00:50:03) - Alan G’s paper on the creation of the federal reserve

(00:52:01) - The debt ceiling and the economic cost of maintaining the status quo 

(00:53:49) - What she’s excited to see built over the next six months and six years