Sarah Brennan
@SH_Brennan
GC @Delphi_Ventures, co-founder @LeXpunK & @apublicstate, senior advisoooor to @TheDRC_
Today, the DOJ filed notice it is dropping the Section 1960(b)(1)(B) charge against @rstormsf in U.S. v. Roman Storm, but will continue to trial on other charges. While this was consistent with an April 2025 DOJ Memo, calling for the end to “regulation by prosecution” and for the…
This is just one of a number of extremely problematic provisions on a first pass…
still exploring but so far not very encouraged by the Senate's proposal on crypto market structure "rights" are not a good policy dividing line as everything you can do with rights and duties, I can do with incentives and powers...crypto has taught us this something should not…
One area of crypto mkt structure that seems very opaque and weird to me still is market maker <> token issuer / foundation relationships. I would guess this is responsible for a lot more issues than it gets credit for. Feels like in the last year there have been several "our…
The House and the blockchain industry have made it clear: effective blockchain policy must incentivize decentralization. The DRC applauds the bipartisan passage of the CLARITY Act and congratulates @RepFrenchHill, @RepBryanSteil, @RepRitchie, @RepJoshG, @CongressmanGT,…
LFG!!
BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed the CLARITY Act, including our Securities Clarity Act and elements of the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act.
Coin Center has stood for software developers and the right to publish and use non custodial tools for more than a decade. We were not one of the "DeFi leaders" quoted in this piece. We support the passage of CLARITY. It protects devs.
DeFi stakeholders say they can no longer stay silent about major concerns they have with the crypto market structure bill dubbed the CLARITY Act, which will see a vote as soon as tomorrow. Here's why: decrypt.co/330251/crypto-…
The industry has made it clear: effective blockchain policy must incentivize decentralization. DRC and 50 other leading stakeholders in the crypto industry just delivered a joint letter to @SpeakerJohnson, @RepJeffries, @LeaderJohnThune, and @SenSchumer in support of the CLARITY…
Chairman Paul Atkins’ remarks at the Crypto Task Force Roundtable on Decentralized Finance: sec.gov/newsroom/speec…
crypto and free-market libertarianism are actually somewhat uneasy bedfellows imo part of the power cryptosystems is the way they make us *less* free...by enabling binding commitments, unbreachable contracts.... hyper-free-markets thinking leads to the "efficient breach" theory…
The SEC Task Force did a great job of pulling together *actual* industry voices who gave actionable steps forward and didn’t hold back in live critiques. A highlight was emphasizing disclosures and resulting better outcomes: - enforcement can target fraud, - startup costs are…
Key points from Chairman Paul Atkins’ remarks today at “DeFi and the American Spirit,” SEC’s Crypto Task Force Roundtable on Decentralized Finance – a 🧵
Truly an amazing turnabout at the SEC
Key points from Chairman Paul Atkins’ remarks today at “DeFi and the American Spirit,” SEC’s Crypto Task Force Roundtable on Decentralized Finance – a 🧵
Starting now - this one is gonna be 🔥🔥
The SEC Crypto Task Force’s final roundtable is today at 1 p.m. ET. A live webcast will be available. sec.gov/newsroom/meeti…
Vulgar libertarian apologists for capitalism use the term "free market" in an equivocal sense: they seem to have trouble remembering, from one moment to the next, whether they’re defending actually existing capitalism or free market principles. When prodded, they’ll grudgingly…
Here's a weekly roundup of three must-read articles in the field of decentralization: ⬇️ 1. Market Structure Bill With the release of the draft market structure bill, the successor to FIT21, the @TheDRC_ reviewed the discussion draft alongside a community of aligned teams,…
Omg …. Guidance! It’s guidance!! 🥹
SEC's Trading and Markets staff released crypto FAQs today: sec.gov/newsroom/speec… and sec.gov/rules-regulati…
Echoing the sentiments from @TheDRC_ on the new draft market structure bill - we are closer than we have ever been to a viable omnibus bill that moves the space forward. I also wanted to give a special thank you to our contributors to this effort! Turning around detailed…
Thanks to @RepFrenchHill, @CongressmanGT, @RepBryanSteil & @RepDustyJohnson and their staff for advancing a regulatory framework for digital assets in the United States. The release of the market structure discussion draft marks an important milestone, and we commend their work…