Aaron Kaplan, co-CEO of Prometheum, the trading platform that recently acquired a special-purpose broker dealer license for digital asset securities, has become a major lightning rod in the crypto community. Does the firm represent, as Kaplan has argued, a compliant path forward for crypto in the United States? Or, as Paradigm Special Counsel Rodrigo Seira maintains, does it only demonstrate that the SEC’s crypto regime is simply unworkable? The two join the show to debate the specifics – and it certainly gets heated.
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Can Maker’s Rune Christensen Fix the Sad State of DAO Governance? - Ep. 534
SBF Behind Bars: Why Revoked Bail Is a Big Deal for Crypto’s Biggest Trial - Ep. 533
The Chopping Block: How Wintermute Avoids ‘Zombie’ Exchanges, Base’s Early Success, Bank Fraud in the AI Era - Ep. 532
Anita Posch on Why ‘Bitcoin Is a Tool for Freedom’ – Especially in Africa - Ep. 531
Will PayPal's PYUSD Steal Market Share From Tether and Circle? - Ep. 530
The Chopping Block: Curve Crisis Concludes With a Whimper, PayPal’s PYUSD Raises New Questions - Ep. 529
Orb Outrage: Worldcoin Cofounder Defends Project Amid Backlash - Ep. 528
What Does the Curve Crisis Say About DeFi? - Ep. 527
The Chopping Block: Who’s to Blame for the Curve Hack? - Ep. 526
Why CoinFund Believes Worldcoin Could Become More Popular Than Bitcoin - Ep. 525
Rep. Ritchie Torres on Why Congress Should Make Clear Crypto Laws - Ep. 524
The Chopping Block: NFA for Founders, Worldcoin and UniswapX Launch, Hamster Racing - Ep. 523
Two VCs on Why This Is the Perfect Time to Invest in Crypto - Ep. 522
Why the SEC Doesn’t Want the Ripple Case to Go to the Supreme Court - Ep. 521
Why the SEC vs. Ripple Order Is Now About 2 Things: Coinbase and Congress - Ep. 520
The Chopping Block: Should XRP Holders Really Be Rejoicing? - Ep. 519
New Order in SEC vs. Ripple Over XRP Is a Win for Crypto: What Happens Now? - Ep. 518
The Chopping Block: Will Tokenizing RWAs Finally Click This Time? - Ep. 517
When AI and Blockchain Meet, How Can Each Technology Benefit? - Ep 516
Circuit Breakers: Is ERC-7265 the Solution dApps Were Waiting For? - Ep. 515
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