Alexander Grieve
@AlexanderGrieve
VP of Government Affairs @paradigm | fmr. @the_DTCC @SpeakerBoehner | the revolution will be tokenized 🇺🇸
1/ At @paradigm, we spend a lot of time thinking about MEV and baselayer markets. So we were excited when @HesterPeirce and the @SECGov Crypto Task Force posed a number of important questions on the subject. Today (with a hand from @RSSH273), we filed our response:
Huge thank you to @BoHines47 and all the staff who worked on this report — looking forward to seeing America’s vision for crypto on July 30th
The President’s Working Group on Digital Assets has completed the 180-day report. It will be released publicly on July 30th. America is now leading the way on digital asset policy 🇺🇸
This is the problem when the DOJ decides to get creative with a legal theory on something like 18 USC 1960 - the DOJ shoots an arrow and then paints the target around it, trying to fill in shoddy evidence after the fact. The real tragedy is that the accused is always starting…
This first witness in Roman's trial immediately caught my attention bc the victim was a classic Pig Butchering case. The only issue is....uh.....those scammers don't use Tornado Cash? And they never have? So, like, wtf?
By soliciting stakeholder input on market structure, @SenatorTimScott is reaffirming his commitment to setting the global standard for digital asset regulation. These actions serve as crucial steps to classify tokens, modernize securities laws, & prevent illicit finance.
To build a durable piece of legislation that delivers for the American people, we must engage stakeholders from across the spectrum. That’s why, along with my discussion draft, I released a Request for Information (RFI) and encourage stakeholders to participate in this process.
It's Happening!
Good news: The Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act language is in the Senate Market Structure draft. This will protect open source devs from unfit licensure requirements. Getting it into the bills has been Coin Center's top priority in Congress.
Overall, it’s a good bill, especially if your primary complaint about CLARITY was the lack of SEC disclosures. The biggest issue with the bill is that it’s missing its” other half:” the CFTC regulations. For that, we have to wait for an Agriculture Committee discussion draft.…
35 pages only. Well this will be a fast analysis. I’ll just hit the highlights.
there's 3 days left to apply for the paradigm fellowship I was a fellow in 2024 and it was one of the highlights of my year if you're young, technical and interested in crypto, markets and how money moves online, this is your chance to meet more people like you -- apply!
There’s a crypto market structure bill — that means it’s time for a @JBSDC deep dive
35 pages only. Well this will be a fast analysis. I’ll just hit the highlights.
Condolences to those in DC who thought the banks would be some excellent ally or bulwark against crypto, especially those who spent the years 2008-2020 fighting the banks. Truly an act of strategic genius there.
JUST IN: $4.3 trillion JPMorgan considers offering loans backed by clients' cryptocurrency holdings.
“Cash that teleports” is a fun stablecoin descriptor Good listen
Stripe broke the internet when they spent $1.1bn for Bridge. But this was a small part of a bigger master plan. In this Exclusive @TokenizedPod Interview, President of @Stripe Will Gaybrick takes us behind the scenes... 🧵
Two very reputable blockchain tracing experts now questioning the relevance of the government’s first witness in @rstormsf trial 👀
Finally got time to review the txns you shared and I agree. Idk how you mess up the tracing that bad as a firm to where you couldn’t properly follow instant exchange deposits 1 hop from a theft address and then follow subsequent txns down the wrong path to Tornado… It’s…
"One of the unsung heroes of the GENIUS lobbying fight was a very plucky group of KFC franchisees who...talked about how stablecoins can drive down the cost of payments and interchange," @AlexanderGrieve said blockworks.co/news/kfc-franc…