Justin Slaughter

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Words fail. https://x.com/forecasterenten/status/1927742704563228832?s=46&t=6pIOBuXCDYR3MDdqas9hTg

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Former Biden Chair of Council on Economic Advisors speaks on GENIUS. You’re all going to want to read this. https://econjared.substack.com/p/crytpo-theres-just-no-legit-use-case?publication_id=3782367&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=ge4xb&utm_medium=email

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Out of both practical necessity and prurient curiosity, I’ve spent the last few months trying to suss out just how much/who in the Biden WH staff was anti crypto. This is the first time I’ve seen a member indicate any of them were explicitly anti crypto before 2022. https://bsky.app/profile/seancasten.bsky.social/post/3lpkwcyvfbk2e

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The anti crypto army has decamped from X to BlueSky.

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The reason the U.S. has been the only real developed economy/polity to try and truly fight the existence of crypto seems downstream of three separate things: - We have the US dollar, so stablecoins are less immediately paradigm shifting - less technocratic, more political policy creation - 2008 crisis emerged from US

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The final fight on GENIUS is going to be on an amendment unrelated to crypto: the Credit Card Competition Act of Durbin and Marshall, changing how credit cards can restrict network access & might change rewards systems. Merchants love it, banks hate it. It’s on net a good bill, but if included, banks might kill GENIUS. Needs 60 votes to pass. https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1838/text

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I sometimes read anti crypto pieces and am usually the most struck by not just how inaccurate they are but how they seem to fear regulation because it will make crypto seem safer, thereby enticing people join it and be hurt by the inevitable crash. Just a cascade of false assumptions. This is an especially good specimen. https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/05/20/why-are-some-democrats-making-cryptocurrency-too-big-to-fail/

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CCM voted yes, Warnock voted no then yes, Cantwell and King voted no ultimately.

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If you want to watch the cloture vote on Genius live, it will be at this link in about 10 minutes. https://www.senate.gov/legislative/floor_activity_pail.htm

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Most important senators to ping (imo): Warnock (D-GA) Cantwell (D-WA) Cortez-Masto (D-NV) King (I-ME)

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Little known secret: Senators track the calls that come into their office every day from their constituents on each issue. It’s treated as proof of how their states care about that issue. If you’re in crypto, you should take 5 minutes Monday to call your senators. Don’t email, call like a boomer. https://www.senate.gov/general/resources/pdf/senators_phone_list.pdf

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I’m about 90% GENIUS passes into law next week at this point. Vibe/whispers in DC are that the vast majority of people in Congress and policy circles want to finally craft some laws on stablecoins and begin the process of crafting a regime for this part of crypto. The main obstacles are banks, Trump, and nonprofits.

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There’s a deal on Genius. First vote early next week.

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Genius seems to be tracking better. Dems and GOP appear to genuinely trying to find a workable compromise.

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There needs to be a documentary about how big a deal Nintendo Power was to both the growth of gaming culture and to the general childhood of Millennials. There’s a need for something similar aimed at 8-12 year old boys today.

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Wondering why Genius didnt move forward on Thursday? Here’s the real scoop: First, the Trump stablecoins deal with Abu Dhabi was a big factor and created a lot of bad pressure on Dems to something about it. That probably was the first issue.

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It’s a true irony of life that for all Gary Gensler says about crypto not following unwritten rules, he is personally consumers sloppy about following political norms and rules in his official government job. https://x.com/eleanorterrett/status/1834210398842581351?s=46&t=6pIOBuXCDYR3MDdqas9hTg

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Stray thought: leftists concerned first and foremost with social welfare programs may be more amenable to crypto than liberals obsessed with building state power. It’s not Bernie Sanders or AOC declaring a war on crypto like Warren has.

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What a surprise, independent academic poll basically tracks polls from us at Paradigm and others in crypto: - Crypto owners lean Trump, voting for him 50-38 over Harris - Ownership skews young and nonwhite - ownership is not ideological: equal percentages of progressives, moderates, MAGA, liberals, conservatives all own crypto. https://www.fdu.edu/news/fdu-poll-finds-trumps-embrace-of-crypto-pays-off/

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In the great battle of Sekigahara, the eastern forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu defeated the western forces of Ishida Mitsunari because the eastern forces had a unified command structure and the west didn’t. Better logistics beats better strategy nearly every time.

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