How Crypto Played the Political Game—and Won 'Bigly' - Ep. 734

Bullish:

• $CRYPTO - The crypto industry is making significant strides in political engagement and policy advocacy, with a long-term approach that could lead to favorable regulations and increased adoption in the US market.

  • “The battle that was in front of us was a political one, and the only way we were gonna take the politics out of crypto was to build the largest political operation any industry has ever built and respond with to with to the politics with politics.”

    Faryar·0:00

  • “Nothing happens overnight...We've been building now for Coinbase for a decade in trying to get good policy across the finish line. And sometimes it takes years to start to build the foundation, and then it can happen really fast.”

    Kara·3:07

  • “We welcome them back to the US. I think it's a great sign, and I think we're here as a policy team, to work with Fair Shake and Stand With Crypto to take anybody who comes into the US market to see if they can partner with us.”

    Faryar·1:07:59
• $BLOCKCHAIN - Blockchain technology has the potential to revolutionize capital markets by enabling instantaneous settlement and reducing systemic risk.

  • “That lag is completely unnecessary if we adopted blockchain technology in settlement of capital markets activities. You can have instantaneous atomistic settlement. You'd instantaneously remove on the largest sources of risk in our capital markets.”

    Faryar·48:24
• $STABLES - The crypto industry may be on the verge of a payments revolution, with stablecoins and tokenized payments playing a significant role.

  • “My guess, and, again, this is just a guess on my part, is that we're about on on the precipice of a of a payments, crypto payments revolution with stablecoins and, and tokenized payments.”

    Faryar·1:08:58