What do you not understand about crypto law or policy that you wish someone would ELI5?

Would the elimination of accredited investor laws solve most of our problems?  It seems like it then wouldn't matter what is or isn't a security.

The opposite, actually! The accredited investor laws are a *deregulatory* exemption allowing issuers to sell securities without complying with the full force of the securities laws (aka IPO). If you eliminate them, you make it even harder. I wrote about this here:

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The opposite, actually! The accredited investor laws are a *deregulatory* exemption allowing issuers to sell securities without complying with the full force of the securities laws (aka IPO). If you eliminate them, you make it even harder. I wrote about this here:
https://x.com/jchervinsky/status/1121429980968378368

Yes, it would help make private placements (exempt sales of securities) more accessible to retail investors, which would be a big improvement. But it wouldn't avoid the question "are the tokens securities," which would still matter if you want them to do anything interesting onchain other than sit lifeless in a wallet.

I think maybe he means changing the threshold of "accredited investor" to be something more like a knowledge qualification instead of a wealth qualification.

Ex: Anyone can become an accredited investor by taking a basic financial literacy test, etc...

Would that not be helpful?