If you asked the average person in the Biden Admin or even the SEC/Treasury what they think about Vitalik Buterin, they’d  say “who?”. That’s one issue crypto has in terms of US policy: a universal leader isn’t well known in govt.

If you asked the average person in the Biden Admin or even the SEC/Treasury what they think about Vitalik Buterin, they’d  say “who?”. That’s one issue crypto has in terms of US policy: a universal leader isn’t well known in govt. 

https://x.com/jbsdc/status/1813633513704571105?s=46&t=6pIOBuXCDYR3MDdqas9hTg

The best way Vitalik has become known by policymakers in the Biden Admin is honestly the Acquired podcast episode on Ethereum. Yes, the one from 2021.

Former SEC/CFTC/House&Senate staffer. Now Policy@Paradigm. Perennial Optimist.

The best way Vitalik has become known by policymakers in the Biden Admin is honestly the Acquired podcast episode on Ethereum. Yes, the one from 2021.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/acquired/id1050462261?i=1000527952893

Yeah, that’s precisely it/part of the problem. 

“You crazy kids sure like those doggy coins, huh?”

tbh I’m surprised to hear this

seems that if they don’t even know Vitalik, they don’t have any real sense of the ideas and principles that make crypto people tick in the first place

You’re forgetting about SBF. God let’s hope it’s not Ryan Selkis either.  Maybe we’re better off not having a public face for now.