DC Crypto Week Takeaways With Rebecca Rettig & Alexander Grieve
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The fact that the administration and Congress is not embracing crypto in terms of, oh, we love it, and it's but understanding that it's just gonna be an important part of the American economy going forward, I think, is a huge deal. This
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so much. Great
to be here, and thanks for the the kind words. I can certainly not take credit for those. Is
is is that true, Alex? It's
true. Yeah.
Thanks, Rebecca. I'll have Rebecca speak for me.
Alright. Nice. Nice. So the the goal of this episode we had so last week, we're recording this on Friday. Episode goes out on Monday, so people will be hearing it on Monday. The last week was crypto week in DC, and, DC was voting on three three big bills. Right? Genius Act, Clarity Act, anti CBDC surveillance act. I wanted to have you on because I see the headlines. Right? I I read BlockWorks. I see the crypto Twitter headlines, but I really don't know the behind the scenes. I don't know the the second order impacts of this. I don't know what it means for founders and investors six months from
Yeah. So, Jason, I'd I'd, first off, I wanted to introduce myself to our listeners. Rebecca is, I think, known and and beloved by by many. Yes. But I I worked in in DC for the last fifteen odd years. I worked in Capitol Hill for speaker of the house, John Boehner, and I've worked in financial policy for the better part of the past decade at DTCC in their, government affairs unit and then at a multi client lobbying firm where I was fortunate enough to have Rebecca as one of my my crypto clients, and now at Paradigm where I lead our government affairs engagement. And, I was just thinking this mo
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