Kristin Smith, executive director of the Blockchain Association and a board member of HODLpac, discusses how advocating for crypto will change under what is likely to be a new presidential administration. In this episode she talks about: <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;">what crypto advocacy typically entails</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">how the approach will change under a Biden administration compared to what it was under Trump</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">what appointments by Biden could most affect the crypto industry</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">which issues are at the top of the agendas for both the Blockchain Association and HODLpac</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">why regulators are particularly interested in stablecoins</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">how a potentially Democratic-controlled Senate under a Biden administration might affect crypto</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">what she's watching for from Cynthia Lummis, a Bitcoiner who won her Wyoming Senate race</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">how anti-trust sentiment in Congress could affect crypto, and whether legislators see Web3 as an antidote to monopoly problems</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">the divisions within the crypto industry around how to approach regulators, and how to resolve them</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">the potential for a de minimus tax exemption, in light of PayPal integrating cryptocurrencies</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">and how HODLpac used quadratic voting to decide which candidates to support</li> </ul>   Thank you to our sponsor! <a href="http://crypto.com/">Crypto.com</a>: <a href= "https://crypto.com/">https://crypto.com/</a>   Episode links: Kristin Smith: <a href= "https://twitter.com/KMSmithDC">https://twitter.com/KMSmithDC</a> Blockchain Association: <a href="https://theblockchainassociation.org/">https://theblockchainassociation.org</a> HODLpac: <a href= "https://www.hodlpac.org/">https://www.hodlpac.org</a>   Interview with acting Comptroller of the Currency, Brian Brooks: <a href= "https://unchainedpodcast.com/acting-comptroller-of-the-currency-brian-brooks-on-crypto-banks/"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/acting-comptroller-of-the-currency-brian-brooks-on-crypto-banks/</a>   Likely second runoff election in Georgia to determine control of Senate: <a href= "https://twitter.com/bluestein/status/1324360112190951424?s=20"> https://twitter.com/bluestein/status/1324360112190951424?s=20</a>   Cynthia Lummis to become first US Senator who is also a Bitcoiner <a href= "https://fortune.com/2020/11/04/wyoming-bitcoin-cynthia-lummis-u-s-senate/"> https://fortune.com/2020/11/04/wyoming-bitcoin-cynthia-lummis-u-s-senate/</a>   Brad Sherman wanting to ban cryptocurrency: <a href= "https://www.coindesk.com/congressmans-call-for-crypto-ban-sparks-social-uproar"> https://www.coindesk.com/congressmans-call-for-crypto-ban-sparks-social-uproar</a>   Leaked Binance doc about whether <a href="http://binance.us/">Binance.US</a> is a decoy: <a href= "https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeldelcastillo/2020/10/29/leaked-tai-chi-document-reveals-binances-elaborate-scheme-to-evade-bitcoin-regulators/?sh=1d759bd2a926"> https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeldelcastillo/2020/10/29/leaked-tai-chi-document-reveals-binances-elaborate-scheme-to-evade-bitcoin-regulators/?sh=1d759bd2a926</a>   More on quadratic voting: <a href= "https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-blockchains-can-help-create-little-democracies-everywhere/"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/how-blockchains-can-help-create-little-democracies-everywhere/</a>   Link to the Crypto News Recap: <a href= "https://unchainedpodcast.com/what-a-potential-biden-administration-could-mean-for-crypto/"> https://unchainedpodcast.com/what-a-potential-biden-administration-could-mean-for-crypto/</a>

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